Carex Amazon Mist is a graceful ornamental grass with arching silver white evergreen foliage, each ending with a slight curl.
The flowing mounds of fine textured are lovely spilling over slopes and walls. It is attractive in containers, in rock gardens and at garden’s edge, adding colour and texture to both summer and autumn displays.

Carex adapts to most soil types, they are excellent used to give texture in the perennial garden or as a small-scale ground cover. The foliage is outstanding planted with silver foliage plants, brightly coloured flowers or variegated grasses.

Plant in full sun, but keep well-watered during hot weather. Cut back to 10cm (4”) in early spring as new growth appears. .

Sowing:
Sow indoors in late Winter to early Spring or in Autumn or direct sow on open ground from March onwards.
Sowing indoors: Sow on to the surface of a free-draining, moist seed-sowing compost and cover with 3-4mm (¼ inch) of vermiculite. Do not exclude light as this helps germination. Keep at around 15-20°C (60-68°F).
Germination should take place in approximately 2 weeks. Maintain a temperature of 15°C (60°F) until the seedlings are established.

Once seedlings are large enough to handle, take a small clump of seedlings and put them all in a one-litre pot of gritty compost. They will form a bushy plant and be ready to go into the garden in summer. Grow in sun and in well drained soil.

Direct sowing: Ensure all ground is weed free and well prepared before sowing. Sow the seed 2-3cm (¾-1¼ “) deep in rows 60-90cm (25-35”) apart with a distance of 10-30cm (4-12 inches) between the plants.
The rate and speed of germination will depend on the soil temperature and weather conditions and could be from 7 to 21 days.

Aftercare:
Cut back old foliage to 10cm (4”) in spring as new growth appears in the centres of plants.
Feed in summer with single dressing of a dilute general fertiliser. Even without an annual feed, most grasses will put on a first-rate show. The more nitrogen grasses receive the greener and further they'll grow. Do not over do it…their spreading habit is fine in a field, but in a garden they may become too lush and the flower quality may suffer.

Plant Uses:
Beds and borders, City and Courtyard Gardens, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Foliage, Prairie planting. Flower arrangements. Low Maintenance or Mediterranean.