What are sedges good for?
Some sedges are especially well suited to deal with water runoff and are excellent choices for the rain garden. Fox Sedge, Palm Sedge and Copper Shouldered Oval Sedge are all good rain garden species. Filling-in. Fill those empty spaces or “holes” in an existing planting with the right sedge.
What does a sedge plant look like?
Sedges usually have triangular stems with leaves arranged in groups of three and are similar to grasses in many attributes. This three-sided stem is usually solitary and will be tufted with basal leaves. Root systems are fibrous, including species such as yellow and purple nutsedge which produce rhizomes and tubers.
Do sedges need sun?
Sedges have a grasslike appearance, but unlike most ornamental grasses, many perform as well or better in shade as they do in sun.
How do you care for a sedge?
Sedge plants take to occasional mowing in lawn situations and have the advantage of requiring little further attention, unlike traditional turf grass, which needs plenty of added nitrogen and may get weedy. When fertilizing, feed the plant in early summer with a light nitrogen plant food.
When should I plant sedge grass?
Generally, cool-weather sedges are best planted in fall. Warm-weather species including New Zealand hair sedge, Morrow’s sedge, brown sedge, and plantain-leaved sedge tolerate either fall or spring planting with success. Leatherleaf sedge prefers spring planting.
How fast does sedge grow?
Japanese sedge plants grows 12 inches (31 cm.) tall or more (some forms can achieve 24 inches (61 cm.) in height.). Plants have a moderate growth rate and achieve their maximum size in just a few years.
Do sedges bloom?
Though sedges are known primarily for their foliage, many produce delightful and unusual blooms/seed pods.
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Should sedge be cut back?
Sedges resent being cut back too hard, so if the foliage lasts through the year untattered, just leave it alone. If the older foliage looks messy, or the tips have been burned by winter cold, trim the sedge back modestly, by no more than a third at most, in March or April.
Is Hummingbird Mint toxic to dogs?
Toxicity. Mint species, including wild mint, spearmint and peppermint, are nontoxic to dogs, according to the Continental Kennel Club. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals warns that the only species of mint, in the genus Mentha, that is toxic to dogs is English pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium).
What does grass palm look like?
To most people, this native of India doesn’t look like a grass at allits deeply pleated, swordlike leaves, 13 feet long and 25 inches wide, more closely resemble the foliage of cast-iron plant (Aspidistra) or the expanding young fronds of a palm. The leaves arch gracefully from a central crown to form a large mound.