Description

Carex amphibola
Creek sedge

This is a widely adaptable native sedge that occurring naturally from Texas to Quebec and Georgia to New Hampshire. It has a compact, mounding habit with shiny semi-evergreen foliage in zone 6. Perfect for a woodland or shade garden with moist or wet soil.

Great as a slope stabilizer.

Benefits
Long-lived native perennial grass for shade
Attracts butterflies, host plant for many skippers
Turtles eat the seeds
Fantastic native substitute for Liriope
Deer and rabbit tend to leave this plant alone

Growing and Maintenance Tips
Sedges will bloom in the spring and when they are finished some species can look untidy. This is a good time to cut them back.

Height
8-12 in
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Spread
8-12 in

USDA Hardiness Zone 3-9

Native Range
Plants are indigenous to deciduous floodplain forests, mesic forests with acidic loamy soils, flatwoods, slopes above streams or creeks, seeps, lake shores and moist upland deciduous woodlands.

“Great food source for butterflies and as a bonus turtles eat the seeds!”

Good Companions
Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata), Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense), Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum), Coral Bells (Heuchera americana), Woodland Aster (Aster divaricatus), Longflower alumroot (Heuchera longiflora)