Product Description
Carex pensylvanica
Common Name: Pennsylvania sedge
Family: Cyperaceae
This species spreads quickly, forming a casual lawn alternative for shady places.
- Zone: 3 to 9
- Height: 6 to 12 inches
- Spread: 6 to 12 inches
- Bloom Time: May
- Part shade to full shade
- Water: Dry to medium
- Maintenance: Low
- Deer resistant, and drought tolerant once established.
- Use: Ground Cover, Naturalize, Rain Garden, lawn alternative
- Tolerates Heavy Shade, Wet Soil
- Native eastern and central North America
Bright green foliage is narrow and elegantly arches to the ground. In the fall the foliage will turn to a sandy/tan color.
Very grasslike, with a mound of silky, fine leaves that are a lovely contrast to broad-leaved shade plants such as hostas, Siberian bugloss and wild ginger. It needs part to full shade, and can often tolerate even the dry shade under trees. This shade-loving lawn alternative is much in demand for installations large, small and in-between that call for native American species.
It's a quick but manageable spreader with rich green undulating blades
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nice plants
Arrived as scheduled, all healthy and all doing well in their new environment. part of a more naturalized landscape.
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I think I overestimated the fill tile for this plant . The plants were healthy when received so I think the problem is on this end. I should have put them closer together as some have failed to thrive. I was hoping they would look better this spring
Whoops this review is for carex pensylvanica
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Carex
Seems good so far. Arrived well pack and apparently healthy.
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Pennsylvania sedge
The 50 sedge plants I ordered arrived quickly, were well packaged, and all in great shape. This was a far better experience than I had a few months ago with another well-known mail order nursery. I've just ordered another 25 plants and will definitely do business with Bloomin Designs again.
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Great plants
I'm doing a mass planting of aa wooded area after getting rid of invasives. I've bought all of the Pennsylvania sedge in my town but needed more and was nervous about getting more online. The plants arrived the day after shipment, in excellent condition. Vey happy. Few plants are deer resistant and can take dry shade. Will plant this week.
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Beautiful grasses
They sway with the breeze and cool you just to watch! Plants arrived in great condition, doing well so far. This is my 3rd purchase from Bloomin Designs - just keep adding to the section of grass. Slower spreading than I anticipated, but exactly what I wanted. Now if I could keep the fox from digging them up!!!
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Pennsylvania sedge
I ordered 20 and was so pleased I ordered another 50 for a mass planting. Plants arrived in beautiful shape with well established root systems. I definitely recommend Blooming Designs.
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Carex pensylvanica
Nice rich full pot of carex pensylvanica with well established roots. Very pleased.
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Healthy plants and fast delivery
I placed an order for 48 Pennsylvania Sedge plants to be delivered 3 weeks later. The plants were shipped on the day requested and received 2 days later. All of the plants were in perfect condition. I highly recommend Bloomin Designs Nursery.
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sedges
All arrived healthy and are looking fine in the garden!!
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healthy plants, arrived promptly
Nice healthy plants, well packaged and arrived as scheduled. I placed three separate orders, in both fall and spring, and the plants were great all three times. They are doing well in my shaded lawn in Massachusetts.
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better than i could hope for
The service was magnificent with constant email updates on the order and delivery status. All plants were plump and vibrant and these were much better than the equivalent i ordered elsewhere. Wonderfully packaged. Have no hesitation in future purchases.
