Carex conica marginata Edible fragrant flowers gather in nodding

fragrant flowers gather in nodding panicles six to ten inches long

feathered seed heads that carry the interest on

calls "small

The reward is quieter and rarer than a japonica in full flush: fine

and the wildlife

Carex conica marginata Edible fragrant flowers gather in noddingCarex conica 'Marginata' is a miniature evergreen sedge, a tidy, tufted, grass like clump of narrow dark green blades, each finely edged in silver white. At close range the effect is crisp and jewel like, a low cushion of fine texture that holds color and form the year round in mild winters. Small in every dimension, the plant is made for the front of the picture: a rock garden, the gap between paving stones, the edge of a shaded path, a trough, or a