Pennsylvania Sedge - 10 Pack

Pennsylvania sedge is a flowering plant scientifically known as Carex pensylvanica. It is a clumped and low growing grass-like and pale green foliage leaves with brown seeds capsules. It is a drought-tolerant plant that forms good lawns. It makes a loveable ground cover that requires little or no mowing. Growth and development of sedge plants are based on many factors such as hardy planting zones, blooming season and colour, heights at maturity, and soil types preferred. Hardy Planting Zones The sedge plant requires a half-sun and a half-shade or even a full shade on its hardiness to survive in mild climatic conditions. This species is tolerant of drier conditions where it can endure low water supply. It majorly performs best during cold summer nights that provide relief from the heat. This plant requires shade during hot summer months and does well on moist soils.

Blooming Season and Color Of Pennsylvania sedge

It blooms during May, June, and July respectively during the year for its carex to mature into fruiting. The leaves arrangement is alternate with a simple, linear, parallel venation. It has a flower blooming colour of brown seeded capsules on expanded buds during the flowering season.

Maturity Height

The breeding system of sedge during blossoming is either in unisexual or monoecious flowering with an inflorescence spike. The maturity height of the sedge plant is 6-12 inches tall and 6-12 inches wide. Thus, it takes a slow growth rate, ensuring that each section has roots and leaves by which they propagate by division into mature plants. Soil Type Preferably, light texture soils that offer good water drainages and retention, such as sandy soil that always maintains a moist environment, is recommended. These features ensure that plants will never go dry or grow on clogged grounds. This leads to its constant ever-green foliage during all the seasons. This offers a soft, graceful environment covering creeping foliage that is attractive and fine-textured in the garden lawns and compounds.

Sun and Shade 

Pennsylvania sedge should not exceed 2 hours while in deep shade (no direct sunlight). Sedge requires about 6 hours or more a day in full sun/natural sunlight.

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