General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 8-12 inches
Plant Spread: 12-14 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Narrow arching, mint green uppper with silver reverse.
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Other: flowers are small and combined into spikes
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Sedge
  • Amazon Mist Sedge
  • New Zealand Hair Sedge

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Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2009-06-25
Location: Mentor 
Date: 2018-09-19

Date: 2013-08-23

Date: 2010-09-07
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2012-10-16

Date: 2013-08-23

Date: 2013-08-23

Date: 2013-08-23

Photo Courtesy of Smokeys Daylily Gardens Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2013-08-23

Date: 2016-08-21
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.

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