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Carex flava

Carex flava

Common name yellow sedge

Family cyperaceae

Life cycle perennial

Light

From seed Not yet found best germination procedure
detailed seed-starting info below

Not commonly grown as ornamental. From what I've read, this sedge should have orange-brown flower spikes in early summer, which turn dark yellow as seed forms. I've not paid enough attention to the two plants we've had growing - by early summer, they are mostly obscured by the lax branches of the arctic willow underneath which they grow. But at least in late May, the inconspicuous flowers on ours are white, not orange. Cute, but probably a case of mistaken identity.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: pondside, orchard nursery area

Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list

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Rare Vascular Plants of Washington

detailed botanical information, small photo

Seed-starting details for this plant

Seed from '02 trade. Pot outside in January. 6%G by mid-May.
Same seed as above. Baggy 35F (10w) - 70F (5w). No G
Seed from '07 garden. Baggy 35F (9w) - 70F (5%G, 7d)

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