4.5" Carex ‘Everillo’ (Japanese Sedge) 🌿💛

Add a graceful touch of color and texture to your garden with Carex ‘Everillo’, a stunning ornamental grass that glows in golden-green tones year-round. This elegant sedge symbolizes tranquility, balance, and harmony, bringing a refined softness to containers, garden beds, and shaded landscapes. Its cascading habit and luminous foliage make it a favorite for creating contrast and depth in any design.

🌱 Growth & Season

‘Everillo’ is an evergreen perennial in Zones 6–9 and thrives beautifully in Southern gardens. It performs best in spring through fall, with year-round interest in mild climates. Compact yet full, it forms neat mounds of arching, chartreuse-gold leaves that illuminate shady spots and pair perfectly with both flowering and foliage plants.

🌿 Why It Matters

• Symbolic meaning: Serenity, balance, and enduring beauty.

• Garden value: Provides texture and color when flowers fade.

• Low-maintenance: Durable, deer-resistant, and adaptable.

☀️ Where to Plant

• Best in partial shade to full shade, though it tolerates morning sun.

• Perfect for containers, borders, rock gardens, or as a groundcover under trees.

• Stunning when planted in mass for a glowing, golden effect.

🌸 Care Instructions

• Water: Keep soil evenly moist, especially during dry spells. Once established, it tolerates light drought.

• Soil: Prefers rich, well-draining soil with organic matter.

• Fertilizer: Feed lightly in spring for vibrant new growth.

• Maintenance: Trim back lightly in late winter or early spring to refresh foliage.

🌼 Complimentary Plant Pairings

Carex ‘Everillo’ enhances a wide variety of plants with its soft, flowing form:

• Hostas & Ferns – for a lush, woodland look.

• Heucheras (Coral Bells) – their rich tones contrast beautifully with Everillo’s gold.

• Impatiens or Begonias – add seasonal blooms in shaded containers.

• Liriope or Ajuga – provide layered color and texture at the base of Everillo plantings.

✨ Elegant, adaptable, and always glowing, Carex ‘Everillo’ is the perfect plant to add light, movement, and Southern sophistication to your shade garden or patio pots — a true gem for year-round beauty.