Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood) Grow Under Pines Carex radiata (Straight-styled Wood Sedge)

Carex radiata (Straight-styled Wood Sedge) has slender dark green foliage that is exquisite when in isolated clumps

Helenium autumnale (Sneezeweed) is a highlight of the autumn garden with its abundant bright yellow daisy-like flowers with pretty notched petals

Photo 1: By Bruce Marlin [CC BY 3

this medium-sized sedge has mid-green foliage and spreads by rhizomes and works well as a background texture matrix to be filled with flowers

Clusters of white flowerheads bloom all summer beginning in June

Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood) Grow Under Pines Carex radiata (Straight-styled Wood Sedge)Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood) is a medium sized deciduous shrub found in moist lowland areas swamp borders, floodplains, shrub wetlands and along streams and ponds. Tiny yellowish white flowers (showy petal like white bracts are absent) give way to berry like drupes that change from white to blue as they ripen in late summer; attractive to birds. Sun Exposure Prairie Savanna Soil Conditions Wet Mesic, Mesic Height 8' 12' Flower Color Yellow Flower