trefle.io · Taken Aug 8, 2022 by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)
Cyperaceae
Flat sedge
Blysmus compressus
Also known as Nutgrass, Umbrella sedge, Cyperus sedge, Nomochloa compressa
Native Plants · Sedge · Wetland · Aquatic Margin · Perennial · Cyperaceae · Bog Plant · Pond Edge · Grass-Like · Moisture Loving · Naturalistic
Flat sedge is a moisture-loving perennial best suited to boggy or waterlogged conditions such as pond margins and wet meadows. Keep the soil consistently moist and provide partial to full sun for best growth. It is most appropriate for naturalistic or wetland garden settings rather than standard containers.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet; do not allow to fully dry out · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- 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
- 8 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, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle
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