Ice Dance Japanese grass sedge
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
MBG Plant of Merit 2008
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Sizeup to 15 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Brown
- Foliage color
- Green and white variegated
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Ice Dance' Japanese grass sedge (Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance') is a grass for borders, containers, rock gardens, and shade gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to wet soil of most types. It forms a slow growing clump of green and white variegated leaves that stay evergreen. Deer tend to browse other plants first. It also tolerates drought once established.
Pairs well with Japanese forest grass, Ostrich fern, and Bottlebrush buckeye.