Palm branch sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Common Name: Palm branch sedge
Genus: Carex
Species: muskingumensis
Category: Grasses & Bamboos
Height: 0.75 m (75 cm)
Spread: 0.45 m (45 cm)
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: moisture-retentive soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: June to July
- Flower colour: golden-brown
- Other features: bright-green leaves
- Hardiness: fully hardy
A beautiful ornamental grass with bright-green leaves and brown flower spikes in mid to late summer. A useful groundcover plant it also looks good planted in a sunny or semi-shade border with large-leaved perennials. - Garden care: Cut brittle dead foliage right down to the ground in late winter well before new growth appears.
Similar Plants:
Leatherleaf sedge
Carex buchananii
Bowles' golden sedge
Carex elata 'Aurea'
Japanese sedge
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
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