John Greenlee’s Five Favorite Meadow Makers

* California meadow sedge, Carex pansa: dark green, tolerates half-day of shade.

* Texas meadow sedge, Carex perdentata: yellow-green, will tolerate shade and needs a half-day in desert.

* Cajun sedge, Carex retroflexa texensis: medium green, tolerates shade, more yellow-green in full sun.

* Baltimore sedge, Carex senta: virtually identical to C retroflexa above but slightly neater.

* Pennsylvania sedge, Carex pennsylvanica pacificum: dark green, best in sandy, well-drained soils.