common wood sedge
Carex blanda
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size24 inches tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Habit
- Grass/grass-like
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Green
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Common wood sedge (Carex blanda) is a grass for low maintenance planting and ground cover. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. The broad, linear leaves look like grass and stay evergreen. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first. Give it good drainage, or use it as a specimen plant.
Pairs well with Woodland phlox, Christmas fern, and Eastern columbine.
Native range
AL, AR, CT, DC, and 38 more places. See all 42
AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY; MB, ON, QC, and SK.