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Carex morrowii Silver Sceptre

Silver Sceptre Sedge

Narrow green leaves have narrow creamy-white margins on this fine-textured rhizomatous plant.

  • »  Small semi-evergreen clump-forming sedge with a mounding, cascading habit
  • »  Fine leaves are green with narrow margins of creamy-white
  • »  Small brownish flowers
  • »  Bloom Time: Late spring
  • »  Grass Type: Cool season

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  • Category:Grasses
  • Hardiness Zone:5
  • Height:25-30 cm
  • Spread:30-60 cm
  • Bloom Color: Brown
Exposure
Full Shade
Full Sun
Partial Sun/Shade
Growth Rate
Medium
Critter
Deer Resistant
Attributes
Evergreen
Low Maintenance
Flowering Time
Lt. Spr-Sum
Habit
Clumping
Compact
Mounding
Foliage Color
Green
Variegated
White
Planting instructions
Container Plants
Additional Information about Carex morrowii 'Silver Sceptre'

Cool Season Grasses: These grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and start again when temperatures start to cool in the fall. During the warmer summer months, they stop growing and some will even go dormant. Cool season grasses flower in the spring or early summer. Most cool season grasses grow best in a consistently moist soil.
 

 

Growing & Maintenance Tips for Carex morrowii 'Silver Sceptre'

This sedge tolerates full sun to full shade in a moist, well-drained soil. Provides good contrast in low borders and near water features. Seldom needs dividing.

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