trefle.io · Taken Jun 16, 2022 by William Coville (cc-by-sa)
Cyperaceae
Prickly sedge
Carex spicata
Also known as Bristle-leaf sedge, Vignea spicata, Carex, Thorn sedge
Native Plants · Sedge · Cyperaceae · Groundcover · Moisture Loving · Rain Garden · Wildlife · Perennial · Grass-Like · Shade · Low Maintenance
Prickly sedge is a hardy, clump-forming perennial grass-like plant well suited to moist borders, rain gardens, and naturalistic plantings in partial shade. It requires very little maintenance once established, needing only occasional division every few years to maintain vigour. Its fine-textured foliage provides year-round structural interest and valuable ground cover for wildlife.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water to keep soil evenly moist; tolerates brief periods of wet feet but avoid prolonged drought · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -35°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Division
Hardiness
USDA 3b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 18 in
- Spread
- 12 in
- 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, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District Of Columbia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece
- Attracts
- Birds, Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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