trefle.io · Taken Apr 14, 2016 by Tela Botanica − Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Cyperaceae
Finger sedge
Carex digitata
Also known as Carex digitata, Carex, Fingered sedge, Carex digitata f. brevifolia
Native Plants · Sedge · Carex · Shade Ground Cover · Woodland Garden · Perennial Grass · Moisture Loving · European Native · Low Maintenance · Border Edging · Naturalize
Finger sedge is a low-growing, shade-tolerant perennial grass ideal for woodland gardens and shaded borders. It prefers moist, humus-rich soil and will naturalize steadily to form attractive ground cover. Little maintenance is required beyond occasional division every few years to keep clumps vigorous.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- 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
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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