Carex lurida ~ Shallow Sedge - Delivered By ServeScape

Carex lurida

Shallow Sedge

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Shallow Sedge is a semi-evergreen native grass with mild green sharp-edged foliage that can grow to 3 feet.  Sallow Sedge’s seedheads emerge in spring and resemble sweetgum balls among the foliage.  Prefers full sun and rich, moist well-drained soils.  Moderately drought tolerant once established.

Type: 

Orn. grass

Origins:

Eastern N. America; GA Native

Height: 

1.5' - 3'

Spread: 

1’ - 2’

Spacing: 

1’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

3 - 8

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun 

Bloom Color: 

Green

Season of Interest: 

Spring, Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Cut foliage to the ground and remove it in late winter.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Wildlife Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Ponds and Streams, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Swamp Milkweed, Cardinal Flower, Blue Flag

Image: Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute., Carex lurida NRCS-1, marked as public domain, more details on Wikimedia Commons

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown

Carex lurida ~ Shallow Sedge - Delivered By ServeScape

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