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How to plant and care for Sedge (Carex Evergold)
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
🌸 Flower
🔁 Perennial
A low, evergreen sedge with arching, cream-and-green striped leaves. Brightens shady pots and borders all year.
Growing Sedge (Carex Evergold): what it needs
- Light
- Part shade · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water well until established, then in dry spells
- Soil
- Moist soil
- Spacing
- 30 cm
- Height
- 30 cm
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- A little general feed in spring
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 5–9
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 30 cm apart, and firm in.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
- 7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.
Every year
- MarchComb Out Dead Leaves
Comb out old brown leaves with gloved fingers; trim tatty tips.
More flowers to grow
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
