 Carex flagellifera 'Auburn'
- common names: whipcord sedge
- flowering season: “flowers” are inconspicuous
- height: 15 to 18 inches
- Light requirements: partial shade to sun
- Soil requirements: average to moist
- Water requirments: average to moist
- Growth habit: clump forming
- How to propagate: dividing in spring or early summer
- Leaf type: thin long bronzy leaves
- Ways to use it such as in a pot or otherwise: especially nice where its trailing leaves can flow like water down a short slope or over the edge of an embankment
With a height of 15 to 18 inches, the leaves are colored a warm bronze color growing as a tidy clump in sun or light shade. The "flowering" shoots are lax and much longer to over 3 feet in length, very whip-like and giving this species its name of flagellifera. Seeds of this plant are available, however ours are propagated vegetatively, by dividing them, so that all of the plants we offer are identical in size and color. Cold hardy to 0°F. |
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