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Carex platyphylla

Silver Sedge (Blue Satin Sedge)

Wide, powder-blue foliage creates a textured, clump-forming ground cover.

  • »  Upright mounding sedge with inconspicuous seed heads
  • »  Frosty blue semi-evergreen leaves are up to 25 mm wide
  • »  Small green seed heads change to brown in the summer
  • »  Bloom Time: Late spring
  • »  Grass Type: Cool season

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  • Category:Grasses
  • Hardiness Zone:4
  • Height:20-50 cm
  • Spread:40-40 cm
  • Bloom Color: Brown
Exposure
• Full Shade
• Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
• Moist to Wet Soils
• Moist to Average
Attracts Wildlife
• Attracts Birds
Growth Rate
• Medium
Critter
• Deer Resistant
Attributes
• Native to Ontario
• Evergreen
• Low Maintenance
Flowering Time
• Summer
Habit
• Clumping
• Mounding
• Spreading
Foliage Color
• Blue
• Green
Landscape uses
• Border/edging
• Ground cover
• Naturalizing
• Woodland/woods edge
Planting instructions
• Container Plants
Additional Information about Carex platyphylla

Native to Ontario

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 platyphylla

Grows well in partial or full shade in a moist to average soil. Tolerates a dry, shady site, but will not spread as freely. A quick pruning in early spring will make room for new growth.