Snowline sedge
Carex conica 'Snowline'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles partial sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size6 to 12 inches tall9 to 18 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Purplish white
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Snowline' sedge (Carex conica 'Snowline') is a grass for borders, containers, rock gardens, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer rarely make it their first choice. It forms a slow growing clump that stays 6 to 12 inches tall. Purplish white flowers appear in spring and again in summer, and bees and butterflies visit them.
Pairs well with Aureola Japanese forest grass, Lady fern, and Rozanne crane's-bill.