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Everillo Sedge
Carex oshimensis 'Everillo'
Also called evercolor everillo carex, everillo golden weeping sedge and everillo japanese sedge
Everillo Sedge blooms from May through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Everillo Sedge
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 5–9. Expect it to reach about 12 in tall and 24 in wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Everillo Sedge. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Everillo Sedge
Plant Everillo Sedge in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 7, the middle of its hardy zones 5 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms in May.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 7, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 7 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Everillo Sedge get?
12 intall5 ft 7 inan adult24 inwideSee Everillo Sedge in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Everillo Sedge
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Everillo Sedge about 24 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Everillo Sedge to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Everillo Sedge's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 9 published sources on September 23, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- gardendesign.comGarden Design magazine (Sedge: A Growing Guide for Carex)height, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Walters GardensInc.height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and diseases
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Plant Delights Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and pests
- US plant patent (Google Patents)US Plant Patent PP21,002 (Google Patents), inventor Pat Fitzgeraldheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and diseases
- southernlivingplants.comSouthern Living Plant Collection (the brand the plant is sold under)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and trait tags
- evercolorplants.comEverColor Plants (FitzGerald Nurseries, Ireland: the plant's breeder)height, spread and pests
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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