Broad-leaved Sedge
Carex platyphylla
Also known as: Silver Sedge
Striking bluish-silver wide leaves — the most colorful native sedge for shade. Clump-forming; tolerates dry shade once established. Beautiful contrast against dark-green woodland ferns.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.4–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.8–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, purple, brown
- Landscape uses
- border, groundcover, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
Related native plants
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- Gray's Sedge (Carex grayi)
- Plantain-leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea)
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- Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
- Slough Sedge (Carex obnupta)
- Eastern Woodland Sedge (Carex blanda)