General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12-24 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Other: flowers are small and combined into spikes
Flower Color: Green
Other: Greenish-white
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Water gardens
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon

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Common names
  • Blue Sedge
  • Heath Sedge
  • New Zealand Hairy Sedge
  • Sedge
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Carex flacca subsp. flacca
  • Synonym: Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger'
  • Synonym: Carex glauca 'Blue Zinger'

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Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2013-03-11
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-05-30
Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: 2017-12-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-10-09

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Date: 2014-01-23
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: North Creek Nursery in Landenberg, PA
Date: 2019-06-11
patch in trial garden
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Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 19, 2012 10:19 AM concerning plant:
    'Blue Zinger' is a dense, grass-like sedge with softly, cascading, blue-green leaves. Plants form slowly spreading clumps up to 16 inches tall. Grow it as a ground cover in light shade, in dry to moist soil. The effect is soft and fine but once established, 'Blue Zinger' is drought tolerant and tough. In the south it is evergreen. As with all Carex, a late winter hair cut will keep it tidy.

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