Long-Beaked Sedge - Carex sprengelii | Pots ready spring to fall

Common name: Long-Beaked Sedge

Scientific name: Carex sprengelii

Category: Native Sedge, Common Perennial

Sample mature size: 0.8 m tall, 0.5 m wide; 3 ft tall, 2 ft wide

Sunlight: Full-sun, Partial-sun

Water: Medium-dry, Medium-wet

Soil: Peat, Loam

Blooms: Green in May

Natural habitats: Swamp-wetland

Wildlife benefits: Beneficial insects 🐞, Deer resistant 🌱

Points of interest: - Leaves provide food and shelter for local moths and insects while seeds are often eaten by birds and rodents - Member of the diverse sedge genus (Carex spp.) made up of hundreds of species all characterized by triangular edges - rather than round blades of tall grasses - and textured spikelets or spikes - Many species can make excellent groundcovers in wet and shady areas where grasses do not grow