Carex muskingumensis Oehme Euphorbia while the new sport has

while the new sport has a bright yellow center resembling Yucca 'Color Guard'

This East Coast native is the really fascinating member of the pitcher plant family

Alocasia macrorrhizos has been quite hardy in the Raleigh area

the tiny pink-to-white dodecatheon-like flowers poke through the ground

It has a wider leaf than most and very wide

Carex muskingumensis Oehme Euphorbia while the new sport hasThis 1994 Plant Delights JLBG introduction was found by our friend, the late Wolfgang Oehme of Oehme and Van Sweden (famous landscape designers), who asked us to introduce it. This sport from Wolfgang's garden has the typical growth habit of the North American native (Canada south to Arkansas) Carex muskingumensis forming a semi evergreen clump of 18" tall stalks which look like miniature palm trees, but with a clear yellow border around the leaves.