Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
 |
Common Name
|
Height
cm / in
|
Bloom Height
|
Bloom Time
|
Foliage /Blade Width
|
Ideal Growing Conditions
|
Season
|
H2O
Req*
|
Roots
|
Zone
|
| Calamagrostis x acut. 'Karl
Foerster' |
Reed grass |
90-120 36-48" |
150-200
60-80" |
June-July |
green
medium
|
full sun/part sun
soil - adaptable |
cool |
2 |
clump |
3 |
| Calamagrostis x acut. 'Overdam' |
Variegated reed grass |
50-75
20-30" |
110-120
50-55" |
June-July |
green/white
medium
|
full sun/part sun
soil - adaptable |
cool |
2 |
clump |
3 |
| Calamagrostis canadensis |
Bluejoint grass |
90-150
36-60" |
125-180
50-70" |
June-July |
dk-blue grn
medium |
full sun
moist soil |
cool |
2 |
spreader |
3 |
| Calamagrostis epigejos |
Bush grass |
75-100
30-40" |
100-125
40-50" |
June-July |
green
medium |
full sun/part sun
soil - adaptable |
cool |
2 |
fast
spreader |
3 |
| Calamagrostis stricta |
Northern reed grass |
60-120
24-48" |
90-150
36-60" |
June-July |
green
medium |
full sun
wet soil |
cool |
4 |
moderate
spreader |
3 |
| Carex aurea |
Golden or wet meadow sedge |
25-30
10-12" |
30-40
12-16" |
June-Aug |
lt green
pleated |
full sun/lt shade
moist soil
|
cool |
4 |
spreader |
3 |
| Carex car. 'Beatlemania' |
Beatlemania spring sedge |
20
8" |
n/a |
n/a |
green/yellow
narrow |
light-full shade
moist soil |
cool/semi-
evergreen |
3 |
slow spreader |
5** |
| Carex car. 'The Beatles' |
The Beatles spring sedge |
15-20
8"
|
n/a |
n/a |
green
narrow |
light - full shade
moist soil |
cool/semi-
evergreen |
3 |
slow spreader |
5** |
| Carex davalliana |
Davalli's sedge |
20
8" |
25
10" |
May-June |
dark green
narrow |
full sun/lt shade
moist fertile soil
|
cool |
3 |
clump |
4 |
| Carex dipsacea |
Autumn Sedge |
30-45
12-18" |
45-60
18-24" |
June |
reddish-org
narrow |
full sun/lt shade
moist fertile soil
|
cool/semi-
evergreen |
3 |
clump |
5 |
| Carex flacca |
Blue sedge |
15-30
6-12" |
30-40
12-16" |
June-July |
blue-grey
narrow |
full sun/lt shade
moist to dry soil
|
cool/semi-
evergreen |
2 |
slow spreader |
4 |
| Carex flagellifera |
Weeping brown sedge |
35-50
14-20" |
50-75
20-30" |
June-July |
reddish-tan
narrow |
full sun/pt shade
moist fertile soil
|
cool/semi-
evergreen |
2 |
clump |
5-6 |
| Carex flagellifera 'Kiwi' |
Weeping green sedge |
35-50
14-20" |
50-75
20-30" |
June-July |
kiwi green
narrow |
full sun/part shade
moist fertile soil |
cool/semi-
evergreen |
2 |
clump |
4-5 |
| Carex grayi |
Gray's sedge |
30-100
12-40" |
40-120
16-48" |
May-June |
lt green
medium |
full sun/lt shade
constantly moist soil
|
cool |
4 |
clump |
2 |
| Carex muskingumensis |
Palm sedge |
35-80
14-32" |
50-90
20-36" |
June-July |
green
narrow
|
full sun to shade
moist to wet soil
|
cool |
2 |
slow spreader |
2 |
| Carex musk. 'Ice Fountains' |
Variegated palm sedge |
25-50
10-20" |
35-60
14-24" |
June-July |
green/white
narrow
|
full sun
moist to wet soil
|
cool |
3 |
slow spreader |
4** |
Carex musk.
'Little Midge' |
Dwarf palm sedge |
20-30
8-12" |
25-35
10-14" |
June-Sept |
green
narrow |
sun or shade
moist to wet soil
|
cool |
3 |
slow spreader |
4** |
| Carex musk. 'Oehme' |
Variegated palm sedge |
25-90
10-36" |
35-100
14-40" |
June-Sept |
green/yellow
narrow |
shade or sun
moist to wet soil
|
cool |
3 |
slow spreader |
3 |