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Carex grayi |
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Common name |
Gray's sedge |
Family |
cyperaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-9) |
Flowers |
light green |
Size |
2-3' |
Light |
sun-part shade |
Cultural notes |
moist-wet soil |
From seed  |
difficult - see detailed results below detailed seed-starting info below
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Seed ripens | late September |
Typical lax-leaved evergreen sedge, but the flowers on this one are spikey balls. Ours didn't bloom until their third year, but two years later they've grown into nice-size plants.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Carex grayi
- Seed from '01 trade. Snipped off tails. Baggy 70F (4w; no G)
- Seed from '05 trade, to pot outside. Two plants by next spring
- Same seed as above. Dehusked and knife-nicked. Baggy 35F (13w) - 70F (6w; no G)
- Seed from '08 garden. Lightly sandpapered, baggy 70F with light (3w) - 35F (7w) - 70F (no G, 21d). Seeds transferred to a pot set outside, 3/29/09
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