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The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

309-Carex: A Problem-Solving Native Perennial for Any Home Landscape

The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

Joe Lamp'l

Hobbies, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Carex is a grass alternative that is a problem-solving native perennial for any home landscape. But with so many Carex species and cultivars to choose from, it’s hard to know what the best fit will be for your garden. To determine the most adaptable, resilient, attractive and ecologically valuable Carex species, Mt. Cuba Center spent several years trialing Carex plants, and this week on the podcast, my guest Sam Hoadley shares what they learned.

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0:00.0

Hi everybody, this is Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardener, and welcome to the Joe

0:04.1

Gardener show.

0:05.1

As we get started, a big thanks to Territorial Seed for their support of this podcast.

0:10.1

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0:13.8

season-long fresh salads, and Territorial Seed has everything you need to grow the most

0:18.7

colorful and delicious salads, a huge assortment of tomatoes from the deepest chocolate reds

0:23.9

to bright yellows.

0:25.4

Lots of leafy green lettuce and spinach varieties too, plus peppers for a sweet crunch and

0:30.1

even straw berries to balance out the flavor if you like.

0:33.2

So go to TerritorialSeed.com slash Joe for a 10% discount on all Territorial Seed items

0:39.2

and plant your salad garden while they're still time.

0:42.0

That's TerritorialSeed.com slash Joe for 10% off your order.

0:47.0

Well another week and another new episode, and this week we're doing a theme we don't

0:51.3

do enough of, I think.

0:53.2

This is mostly a plant-specific episode today about carrots.

0:57.5

Commonly known is Sedge.

0:59.3

One of the most versatile and somewhat under-the-rate our native plants we don't often give enough

1:03.3

credit to, but after listening to today's podcast, I think that may change for you and

1:08.4

many others.

1:10.1

Carricks is an incredibly diverse plant, with many species, lots of flexibility for sun

1:14.7

or shade, hot or cold, heavy or sandy soil.

1:18.6

It's also a great lawn alternative, and of course, as an important food and habitat

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