Cyperaceae
Carex tomentosa
Carex tomentosa
Also known as Carex tomentosa f. gynandra, Carex tomentosa subsp. grasmanniana, Carex subvillosa, Trasus tomentosus
Native Plants · Sedge · Carex · Meadow Plant · European Native · Part Shade · Moist Soil · Ornamental Grass · Wildlife Garden · Rain Garden
Carex tomentosa is a compact, woolly-fruited sedge native to damp meadows and woodland edges across central and eastern Europe. It performs best in moist, moderately fertile soils in partial shade and requires little maintenance once established. This sedge makes a fine addition to naturalistic borders, rain gardens, or wildlife plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately until soil is evenly moist; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days during dry periods; rainfall usually sufficient
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Mongolia
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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