Details

Feather Falls Sedge is an herbaceous evergreen perennial grass with a shapely form and gracefully arching stems. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Feather Falls Sedge is recommended for the following landscape applications:
  • Mass Planting
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Groundcover
  • Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
  • Container Planting
Features

Feather Falls Sedge's attractive grassy leaves are forest green in color with prominent white stripes and tinges of chartreuse. The foliage often turns brown in fall. It features airy plumes of white flowers rising above the foliage from late spring to early summer. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Evergreen or Deciduous Evergreen
Family Name Sedge
Flower Color White
Bloom Time Late Spring to Early Summer
Foliage Color Green
Genus Name Carex
Growth Rate Medium
Hardiness Zone 4b
Landscape Uses Massing, Edging, Garden, Groundcover, Naturalizing, Container
Light Needs Full Sun, Shade
Mature Height 18 inches
Mature Width 24 inches
Prune Time Spring Cleanup
Water Needs Average to Wet