Cherokee Sedge

Description

Carex cherokeensis

Height: 12 inches
Spread: 12 inches
Sunlight: full sun to partial shade
Hardiness Zone: 5b

Description:
Slow spreading clumps of fine, narrow grasslike green leaves; a great look when massed along a moist border; perfect for low, wet spots or pondside, do not let it dry out.

Ornamental Features:
Cherokee Sedge is primarily valued in the garden for its cascading habit of growth. Its attractive glossy grassy leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

Landscape Attributes:
Cherokee Sedge is an herbaceous evergreen perennial grass with a shapely form and gracefully arching stems. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Planting & Growing
Cherokee Sedge will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 7 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is native to parts of North America. It can be propagated by division.

Cherokee Sedge is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a canvas of foliage against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

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