Family: Cyperaceae
Name: Carex albicans - White-tinged Sedge
Bloom Time: May
Flower: Insignificant
Soil Condition: Dry, Average, Moist, Well Drained
Light: Partial Shade, Shade
Height: 15-20" tall by 15-20" wide
Native Range: North America including Long Island
Zone: 4 to 8
Carex albicans is a fantastic, semi-evergreen sedge for tough shady spots that are on the dry side. Also makes a great lawn substitute and ground cover under trees and shrubs. Birds use last seasons growth for nest building. It will spread slowly by rhizomes and self sowing, but is not aggressive in the garden.
Maintenance: None
Benefits: Deer and rabbit resistant, drought tolerant, tolerates light foot traffic
Companion Plants: Aquilegia canadensis - Wild Columbine, Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium, Ptelea trifoliata - Wafer Ash, Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas Fern
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