Carex elata
| Carex elata | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Evergreen | |
| Height: | 4' |
| Width: | 5' |
| Blooms: | Late Spring-Early Summer |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Carex elata (common name: tufted sedge)
Propagation: Seed - sow in situ in the spring in a moist soil in light shade. If seed is in short supply it can be sown in a cold frame and be planted out in the summer. The seed usually germinates in 2 - 6 weeks at 15°c[1].
Division in spring[2]. Very easy, larger clumps can be replanted direct into their permanent positions, though it is best to pot up smaller clumps and grow them on in a cold frame until they are rooting well. Plant them out in the summer or following spring.
Cultivation: Easily grown in a damp to wet soil in full sun or shade[3][2].
Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer[4].
Range: Most of Europe, including Britain, south to Algeria and east to the Caucasus.
Habitat: By fen ditches and in wet places by rivers and lakes in base-rich soils[5][6].
Edibility: Root - cooked[7].
Seed[7]. No further details are given, but the seed is small and fiddly to use[K].
Usage: The leaves are used for bedding[8].
Plants form impenetrably dense clumps and when planted close together in drifts make an excellent ground cover[2].
Pollinators: Wind
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
In Leaf: Evergreen
Seed Ripens: Mid Summer-Late Summer
Flower Type: Monoecious
Also Known As: C. stricta. Good.
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References
- ↑ Bird, R. Growing from Seed Volume 3. Thompson and Morgan, 1989.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Grounds, Roger. Ornamental Grasses. Christopher Helm, 1989.
- ↑ Thomas, Graham. Perennial Garden Plants. J. M. Dent & Sons, 1990.
- ↑ Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Tutin, Tom et al.. Flora Europaea. Cambridge University Press, 1964.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Schofield, Janice. Discovering Wild Plants.
- ↑ Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.