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Carex laxiculmis is a petite perennial sedge that forms mounds of foot-tall lush shaggy foliage. The leaves are semi-evergreen with a striking blue-green color. In late spring, greenish scaly flower spikes are displayed above the foliage. This sedge occurs in moist woods or can be used as an accent or groundcover in a shade garden. Carex laxiculmis grows in compact clumps of arching foliage. Plants gradually form small colonies from short underground rhizomes. [NewMoonNursery.com]

Photo: Wikimedia Commons | User: Piotrus

Larval Host for the

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20"

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SIZE

SOIL

Medium, Moist, Wet

LIGHT

Part Shade, Shade

BENEFITS

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NOTES

Blades are wider than many other sedges and are evergreen through most of the range.

CHARACTERISTICS

Will Naturalize, Semi-Evergreen, Ornamental, Clumping, Deer Resistant

March, April, May, June

Sedge

This 

flowers in

Spreading Sedge

Carex laxiculmis

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DESCRIPTION

Carex laxiculmis is a petite perennial sedge that forms mounds of foot-tall lush shaggy foliage. The leaves are semi-evergreen with a striking blue-green color. In late spring, greenish scaly flower spikes are displayed above the foliage. This sedge occurs in moist woods or can be used as an accent or groundcover in a shade garden. Carex laxiculmis grows in compact clumps of arching foliage. Plants gradually form small colonies from short underground rhizomes. [NewMoonNursery.com]

Photo: Wikimedia Commons | User: Piotrus
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