Carex riparia
| Carex riparia | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 6 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Evergreen | |
| Height: | 5' |
| Width: | 7' |
| Speed: | Fast |
| Blooms: | Late Spring-Early Summer |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Carex riparia (common name: great pond 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].
A very aggressive and invasive plant[3][2].
Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer[4].
Range: Much of Europe, excluding the north but including Britain, N. Africa, W. Asia and the Caucasus.
Habitat: By slow flowing rivers, in ditches and ponds and occasionally on drier ground[5].
Edibility: Root - cooked[6].
Seed[6]. No further details are given, but the seed is small and fiddly to use[K].
Usage: The straw is used for bedding[7].
Pollinators: Wind
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
In Leaf: Evergreen
Seed Ripens: Mid Summer-Late Summer
Flower Type: Monoecious
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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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Schofield, Janice. Discovering Wild Plants.
- ↑ Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.