Prairie Sedge (Carex brevior) 3-pack of pots
Can’t be shipped.
Prairie Sedge is a good companion plant in large, dry prairie gardens. Sedges are like grasses, but they are cool season growers, sprouting out of the ground as soon as the snow is gone and long before the warm season prairie grasses come out of dormancy. They provide much needed green growth early in the spring. Prairie Sedge has short leaves and lots of seed heads that flop over after maturing.
Also available in 12-packs of plugs here
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Dry, Medium, Medium-Wet
Height: 18 inches
Blooms: May, June
Color: Green
Spacing: 12-18″
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones: 3-9
Benefits: Deer Resistant
Design Tips
Prairie Sedge grows very early in the season and has taller seed stems that tend to splay out afterwards. Prairie Sedge (Carex brevior) is best planted in a large, dense gardens scattered in-between warm-season prairie grasses and flowers that can keep it from growing too vigorously and flop outwards.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Bradbury's Monarda
Aromatic Aster
Prairie Coreopsis
Grey Goldenrod
Little Bluestem
Purple Poppy Mallow
