Thinfruit Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
Cyperaceae
Other names
Blue Wood Sedge
Growth habit
Grass/Sedge
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
SE US
Location
Houston and Grossman Ponds, Bioswale Garden
Source of plant
North Creek Nurseries
Description
A native groundcover with striking glaucus blue foliage, Blue Wood Sedge is easy to grow and evergreen in warmer zones, though it benefits from a late winter cut back. Early spring flowers are slender and form interesting seed heads. Forms tidy clumps and spreads by seed.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics