Scientific Name: Carex comans
Common Name: Leatherleaf Sedge
Hardiness Zone: 6a - 10b
Hardiness Degree: -10°F (-23.3°C)
Blooming Season: Summer, Late Summer
Plant Habit: Mounded, Upright
Characteristics: Colorful/Attractive Foliage, Heat Tolerant
Water: Medium
Fertilize: None or when needed only
Spacing: 30 - 38" (76 - 97cm)
Height: 6 - 12" (15 - 30cm)
Width: 14" (36cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Beautiful fine-textured foliage forms graceful, flowing mounds. Lovely spilling over slopes and walls, in containers, and at garden’s edge. Attractive planted with blue grasses such as little bluestem or blue lyme grass and bold-textured plants.
Plug crop time: 6 to 7 weeks
Transplant to finish: 8 to 9 weeks
Bronze-brown variety has an arching habit.
Colour group: Brown
Containers: 4 in./10 cm, 6 in./15 cm*, Gallon
*3 plants per pot