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Cyperaceae
Fibrous tussock sedge
Carex appropinquata
Also known as Hairy sedge, Carex hirta, Tussock sedge, Caricina paradoxa
Native Plants · Sedge · Wetland · Grass-Like · Perennial · Shade Tolerant · Tussock · Pond Margin · Rain Garden · Native Europe · Ornamental Grass
Fibrous tussock sedge thrives in moist to wet soils and tolerates partial shade, making it ideal for rain gardens or pond margins. Plant in consistently damp ground and avoid letting the roots dry out. It forms attractive clumping tussocks that provide year-round structure in naturalistic or wildlife gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; do not allow to dry out completely · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Division
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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