C. pensylvanica has finely-textured green leaves, to 8 inches tall. Can be mowed to 2 inches. May flowers are insignificant.The Sedge family (Cyperaceae) is as widespread as the grass family, but are especially common in wet or moist habitats in […]

C. pendula, is a clump-forming evergreen perennial. Gracefully arching stems grow to 6 feet, from which hang delicate 4-1/2 feet long flower spikes, erect at first but with age become pendent. Self-sows freely. Sedge are especially common in wet or […]

C. pansa, a member of the Sedge family (Cyperaceae) is as widespread as the grass family, but are especially common in wet or moist habitats in temperate and subarctic zones. The stems of sedges are solidly filled with pith, and […]

C. pallescens is as widespread as the grass family, but are especially common in wet or moist habitats in temperate and subarctic zones. The stems of sedges are solidly filled with pith, and do not have nodes. They are triangular […]

C. oshimensis ‘Evergold’ is usually refered to as C. hachijoensis ‘Evergold’, see C. hachijoensis ‘Evergold’ for more information. This evergreen, perennial, ornamental grass has a dense clump-forming growth habit.The Sedge family is quite large, including more than 1,500 species, both […]

The cultivar, ‘Variegata’ is tufted and slow growing, with narrow green leaves, striped white. Slow-growing, suited to rock gardens. C. ornithopoda is as widespread as the grass family, but are especially common in wet or moist habitats in temperate and […]

C. ornithopoda takes it’s name from the unusual habit of the flower spikes which look like bird’s claws. The foliage is neatly ribbed and light green in color. The flower spikes are russet in color. This quite small evergreen, perennial, […]

C. nudata is native along wet sandy or rocky streamsides. Densely tufted, forming tussocks of fine green leaves. Arching flower spikes, to 2 feet tall, open to black flowers on late winter or early spring.The Sedge family (Cyperaceae) is as […]

C. nigra puts forth green leaves and deep eggplant-brown to dark russet flower spikes. This quite small evergreen, perennial, ornamental grass has a dense clump-forming growth habit.The Sedge family is quite large, including more than 1,500 species, both evergreen and […]

The cultivar ‘muskingumensis’ is a tufted evergreen or semi-evergreen with 30 inch bright green leaves on erect stems. It produces 1 inch flowers spikes in May and July. Sedges are wind-pollinated, with flower-heads almost always in spikelets. C. muskingumensis bears […]