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Carex grayi

Carex grayi

Common name Gray's sedge

Family cyperaceae

Life cycle perennial (Z5-9)

Flowers light green

Size 2-3'

Light sun-part shade

Cultural notes moist-wet soil

From seed difficult - see detailed results below
detailed seed-starting info below

Seed ripens late September

Typical lax-leaved evergreen sedge, but the flowers on this one are spikey balls. Ours didn't bloom until their third year, and are still fairly small plants.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: bogside border

Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list

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Seed-starting details for this plant

Seed from '01 trade. Snipped off tails. Baggy 70F (4w; no G)
Seed from '05 trade, to pot outside. Two plants by next spring
Same seed as above. Dehusked and knife-nicked. Baggy 35F (13w) - 70F (6w; no G)
Seed from '08 garden. Lightly sandpapered, baggy 70F with light (3w) - 35F (7w) - 70F (no G, 21d). Seeds transferred to a pot set outside, 3/29/09

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