It's a Great Time of Year to Plant Carex! Episode #205

I use Carex in most of my designs. They are a great living mulch that would, if I had my way, replace the layer upon layer of wood mulch that is so commonly used in the U.S. But Carex growth rate, growth habit & reseeding tendencies vary widely from one to another. Here are a few of my favorites. Like, subscribe, and share! Leave comments and questions and Roy will do his best to reply! Closed Caption is now available! Activate with the CC button on the bottom right of the video window. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Recommended reading ๐Ÿค“ ๐Ÿ“— Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements https://amzn.to/3YJVQze ๐Ÿ“— Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community https://amzn.to/3OO5Brw ๐Ÿ“— Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability https://amzn.to/3OJSasD ๐Ÿ“— Piet Oudolf At Work https://amzn.to/3TL1Ntd ๐Ÿ“— Wild flowers and how to grow them by Edwin Francis Steffek https://amzn.to/42GAc0k ๐Ÿ“— Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges: An Introduction to the Genus Carex https://amzn.to/3FBA5cD ๐Ÿ“— Gardening with Grasses, Michael King & Pite Oudolf https://amzn.to/3TtQ5Dd ๐Ÿ“— The Gardener's Essential by Gertrude Jekyll https://amzn.to/3XbHBAV ๐Ÿ“— The Well-Tempered Garden by C. Lloyd https://amzn.to/3Yp30aQ ๐Ÿ“— Flora of the Chicago Region https://amzn.to/3kZcOKf ๐Ÿ“— The World-Ending Fire by Wendell Berry https://amzn.to/3IuiB0J ๐Ÿ“— Gardening With Perennials Month By Month https://amzn.to/3k9NCy1 ๐Ÿ“— Tokachi Millennium Forest: Pioneering a New Way of Gardening With Nature https://amzn.to/3lcbsba ๐Ÿ“— In Praise Of Shadows https://amzn.to/3ljBvgq ๐Ÿ“˜ The Hidden Half Of Nature https://amzn.to/3dkmYzn ๐Ÿ“• Perennial Garden Plants by Graham Stuart Thomas: https://amzn.to/37mGvM7 ๐Ÿ“— Planting Designs by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury: https://amzn.to/3oTYKOF ๐Ÿ“˜ Planting The Natural Garden by Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen: https://amzn.to/2IRvglg ๐Ÿ“™ Seedheads In The Garden by Noel Kingsbury: https://amzn.to/37ji6H7 ๐Ÿ“™ Know Maintenance by Roy Diblik: https://amzn.to/3oWt9fy ๐Ÿ“• A Small Porch by Wendell Berry: https://amzn.to/3gPLO9T ๐Ÿ“˜ Jewels of the Plains by Claude A. Barr: https://amzn.to/3J0yFsM ๐Ÿ“• The Art of Planting or the Planter's Handbook by Graham Stuart Thomas: https://amzn.to/3B9l3t8 ๐Ÿ“˜ Hardy Perennials by Alan Bloom: https://amzn.to/3aRh6hY (Some of these links may be 'affiliate' links. You'll pay the same price but I may make a small commission if you purchase through these links. This will help support my channel and keep the content coming! Thank you!!) ๐ŸŽฅ Produced by Geneva Lake Creative http://genevalakecreative.com โœ For a design consultation contact Roy at [email protected] ๐Ÿ“• Buy Roy's book here: https://amzn.to/3oWt9fy ๐Ÿ‘‰ Buy the Spear Head Spade here: https://amzn.to/3b7ygWt #roydiblik #northwindperennialfarm

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