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Cyperaceae
Tworank sedge
Carex disticha
Also known as Two-ranked sedge, Distant sedge, Carex distans, Carex marginata
Native Plants · Sedge · Wetland · Moisture-Loving · Ornamental-Grass · Pond-Margin · Cyperaceae · Clump-Forming · Native-Plant · Rain-Garden · Ground-Cover
Tworank sedge is a clump-forming, moisture-loving grass-like plant that thrives alongside ponds, streams, or in rain gardens with consistently damp soil. It tolerates partial shade well and is a low-fuss choice for naturalising wet areas in temperate gardens. Divide clumps every few years in spring to keep plants vigorous.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly; soil should remain moist, especially in summer heat · Every 7-10 days; keep consistently moist
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- 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
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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