Plant Library

01 Annuals
02 Herbs
04 Perennials
10 Shrubs
13 Shrubs Fruit
11 Shrub Roses
06 Trees
07 Trees Fruit
03 Vegetables
14 Vines Fruit
12 Shrubs Vine
16 Bagged & Bulk
15 Fall Plants
05 Minnesota Natives
08 Evergreens
17 Lawn & Yard
09 Evergreen Shrubs

Sedge Bottlebrush

Common Name: Sedge

Botanical Name: Carex

Variety: Bottlebrush

Blossom Color: Green

Bloom Time: May-Jul

Zone: 4 to 8

Exposure: Sun or Part Shade

Mature Height: 18-36"

Mature Width: 12"

Notes: Bottlebrush sedge grows in clumps in wet soils at the edge of a pond or shallow bog, or rain garden. Hardy water garden plant. Many insects feed on wetland sedges, including larvae of several moths and butterflies, including Eyed-Brown, Tufted-Sedge and American Ear Moth.