{"id":8262,"date":"2016-02-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8262"},"modified":"2021-06-10T11:22:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T15:22:30","slug":"broadleaved-sedges-colorful-alternatives-to-liriope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/02\/26\/broadleaved-sedges-colorful-alternatives-to-liriope\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadleaved Sedges- Colorful Alternatives To Liriope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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3-\u00a0year old planting of Carex siderosticha ‘Variegata’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Variegated Broadleaf Sedge<\/p><\/div>\n

The broadleaved sedges (Carex siderosticha<\/em>) make terrific alternatives to monkey grass (Liriope muscari<\/em>) (USDA hardiness zones 6-9). This species of sedges\u00a0is a clump\u00a0growing\u00a0 perennial and\u00a0is\u00a0starting to become\u00a0more used as a ground cover. Clumps spread very slowly\u00a0via rhizomes.<\/p>\n

Foliage goes dormant in late November (zone 6) and\u00a0is semi-evergreen in zones 8-9. New leaves emerge in mid-spring. Utilize it as a groundcover in a\u00a0rock or woodland garden or\u00a0edge along\u00a0a partly shaded pathway. Over time plants grow 8-10 inches high and spread\u00a0to 15 -18 inches wide.<\/p>\n

Sedges grow best in moist well-drained soil and\u00a0prosper in shade or partial shade in moist, compost- rich, well-drained soil.\u00a0Broadleaved sedges fail in full sun unless\u00a0frequently irrigated.\u00a0A new planting should be kept adequately watered until 1-year established. A densely planted\u00a0bed will crowd out most weeds. Mow off leaf litter in late winter\u00a0as new shoots begin to emerge in mid- to late-April.<\/p>\n

In early spring feed a slow release fertilizer at the low to medium rate. Avoid excess fertilizing as sedges are not salt tolerant. Sedges have very few disease and pest problems, occasionally aphids, spider mites, and leaf spots.<\/p>\n

Green flower spikes appear in late spring and have little ornamental significance. Broadleaf sedges tolerate light foot traffic. They mix well with taller growing hostas, astilbes and many flowering annuals.<\/p>\n

3 Cultivars To Try:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Lemon Zest\u2019 will brighten a woodland garden. It grows 6 inches tall with 6-8 inch long gold colored leaves in spring, then change to chartreuse in summer.<\/p>\n

\u2018Island Brocade\u2019 displays cream-streaked lime green centers and gold edged. It develops into a dense 6-8 inches tall ground cover.<\/p>\n

\u2018Variegata\u2019 – has distinctive broad leaf sedge 1 \u00bc inches wide with pointed tips with white margins and narrow striping and bright white border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The broadleaved sedges (Carex siderosticha) make terrific alternatives to monkey grass (Liriope muscari) (USDA hardiness zones 6-9). This species of sedges\u00a0is a clump\u00a0growing\u00a0 perennial and\u00a0is\u00a0starting to become\u00a0more used as a ground cover. Clumps spread very slowly\u00a0via rhizomes. Foliage goes dormant in late November (zone 6) and\u00a0is semi-evergreen in zones 8-9. New leaves emerge in mid-spring. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,970,605,710,674,665,628,625,843,812,601,630,646,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13161,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262\/revisions\/13161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}