Cyperaceae
Silvery sedge
Carex canescens
Also known as Hoary sedge, Caricina canescens, Vignea canescens, White sedge
Native Plants · Sedge · Wetland Plant · Shade Plant · Moisture Loving · Pond Margin · Groundcover · Native · Ornamental Grass · Woodland · Cyperaceae
Silvery sedge is a graceful, clump-forming perennial grass-like plant that thrives in moist, shaded to partly shaded spots such as pond margins, bog gardens, or woodland beds. It requires little care beyond keeping the soil consistently moist and dividing clumps every few years to maintain vigor. Avoid dry or compacted soils, and it will reward you with attractive silvery-green foliage throughout the growing season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly to keep the soil consistently moist; does not tolerate prolonged drought or complete drying out · Every 5-7 days; prefers consistently moist conditions
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South, Colorado
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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