Cyperaceae
Carex demissa
Carex demissa
Also known as Carex oederi subsp. demissa, Carex flava var. oedocarpa, Carex flava f. demissa, Carex flava subsp. demissa
Native Plants · Sedge · Carex · Moisture Loving · Bog Plant · Pond Margin · Rain Garden · Perennial · Grasslike · Wetland · Low Maintenance
Carex demissa, commonly known as common yellow-sedge, is a low-growing perennial sedge suited to moist, boggy, or streamside conditions in sun to partial shade. It is an excellent choice for rain gardens, pond margins, or any consistently damp area of the garden where other plants may struggle. Once established it is very undemanding, requiring only that its soil remains reliably moist throughout the growing season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; does not tolerate prolonged drying out · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 5 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece
- Attracts
- Birds, Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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