Carex cherokeensis Crying Time Engelmannia the giant easily visible flowers

the giant easily visible flowers open to reveal dark purple petals

no relation to the famed Shrek family of Hollywood

pointed leaves stretch outward to form an impressive

upright native (Virginia to Mississippi) perennial mallow

12" white peace lily-like flowers appear

Carex cherokeensis Crying Time Engelmannia the giant easily visible flowersFor 2021, Plant Delights JLBG was pleased to introduce an amazing form of the native Carex cherokeensis that our research staff (Zac Hill and Jeremy Schmidt) brought back from a 2017 expedition to Houston County, Georgia. This amazing, heavy flowered selection has made a stunning clump to 30" tall x 4. 5' wide, topped with stalks of hundreds (maybe more) of pendant, weeping flowerheads from early May (NC) through early summer. We find that Carex