Carex rosea
Curly-Styled Wood Sedge
- Thick clumps of delicate, arching foliage
- Deep green, narrow leaves
- Produces unique seed clusters
- Category: Ornamental Grass, Natives
- Hardiness Zone: 3-9
- Height: 12-15 in
- Spread: 12-15 in
- Foliage Color: Green
Exposure
| • | Partial Sun |
Season of Interest (Foliage)
| • | Spring Bloomer |
Attributes
| • | Accent |
| • | Border or Bed |
| • | Great Foliage |
| • | Ground Cover |
| • | Low Maintenance |
| • | Native |
| • | Naturalizing |
| • | Ornamental Grass |
Critter Resistance
| • | Deer Resistant |
Habit
| • | Mounding |
Soil Moisture
| • | Moist, Well-Drained |
Additional Information about Carex rosea
Cool Season Grasses: These grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and start again when temperatures start to cool in the fall. During the warmer summer months, they stop growing and some will even go dormant. Cool season grasses flower in the spring or early summer. Most cool season grasses grow best in a consistently moist soil.
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Carex rosea
They will grow in dry, moist or wet woodlands including difficult, dry, shady sites in bright shade or full sun. Established plants are drought tolerant, pest resistant and unpalatable to deer and other herbivores.