Tag Archives: Carex pansa

finishing up a westside garden tour

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Denise

The second garden we toured with Lili Singer on 1/24/13, through the Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden’s series “Thursday Garden Talks with Lili Singer.” The first garden toured can be seen here. The description of the second garden from … Continue reading →

Posted in design, driveby gardens, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged Arbutus X 'Marina', Big Daddy's Antiques, California Horticultural Society, Carex pansa, Ceanothus 'Frosty Blue', garden designer Fleur Nooyen, Lili Singer, Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Plectranthus amboinicus, Salvia leucantha, San Marcos Growers, Santa Monica Canyon, Southern California, Victor Reiter | 7 Comments

Carex pansa

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Denise

“Somewhere out there in nature, he reasoned, there had to be a grass…that would be naturally low-growing, drought-tolerant, evergreen, and trampleable: a natural lawn grass.” – The New Yorker, August 19, 1996, “The Grassman.” Carex pansa, the California meadow sedge, … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden visit, science, shop talk | Tagged California meadow sedge, Carex pansa, John Greenlee, lawn substitutes, Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase, The New Yorker 8/19/96 "The Grassman", Wade Graham | 5 Comments