Fox Sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) 12-pack of plugs

$25.00

Can be shipped.

What are plugs? Plugs are plants grown in 72-cell trays; each soil plug is 1.6” wide x 3.2” deep. Read more here.

One of the best sedges for rain gardens, Fox Sedge can handle temporary flooding and long periods of dryness. It can even handle a normal garden, without any extra water. It forms dense clumps with fine, mounding leaves. Every sunny rain garden needs some Fox Sedge scattered throughout. In large rain gardens, Fox Sedge can form a groundcover when planted throughout a garden, either alone or among flowers. Fox Sedge plugs can provide the groundcover, and taller flowers such as March Milkweed, New England Aster, and Ironweed can rise above and provide more pollinator value.

It has a very utilitarian role in rain gardens and wetlands—sending out a vast, fibrous root system that allows water to soak into the ground and allows the leaves to evapotranspirate water. The leaves mat down in the late summer and fall, reducing weed germination.

Details

Perennial
Sun:    
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture:    Wet, Medium-Wet, Medium
Height:    2 feet
Blooms:    May, June
Color:    Green
Spacing:    18″
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones:    3-8
Benefits:    Butterflies, Deer Resistant

Design Tips

Fox Sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) is a rain garden staple, valuable for planting in masses or when scattered in-between tall flowers to provide support and competition.

Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!

Companion Plants

Marsh Milkweed
Meadow Blazing Star
Prairie Blazing Star
New England Aster
Orange Coneflower
Cardinal Flower

Size: 12-pack of plugs

Can be shipped.

What are plugs? Plugs are plants grown in 72-cell trays; each soil plug is 1.6” wide x 3.2” deep. Read more here.

One of the best sedges for rain gardens, Fox Sedge can handle temporary flooding and long periods of dryness. It can even handle a normal garden, without any extra water. It forms dense clumps with fine, mounding leaves. Every sunny rain garden needs some Fox Sedge scattered throughout. In large rain gardens, Fox Sedge can form a groundcover when planted throughout a garden, either alone or among flowers. Fox Sedge plugs can provide the groundcover, and taller flowers such as March Milkweed, New England Aster, and Ironweed can rise above and provide more pollinator value.

It has a very utilitarian role in rain gardens and wetlands—sending out a vast, fibrous root system that allows water to soak into the ground and allows the leaves to evapotranspirate water. The leaves mat down in the late summer and fall, reducing weed germination.

Details

Perennial
Sun:    
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture:    Wet, Medium-Wet, Medium
Height:    2 feet
Blooms:    May, June
Color:    Green
Spacing:    18″
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones:    3-8
Benefits:    Butterflies, Deer Resistant

Design Tips

Fox Sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) is a rain garden staple, valuable for planting in masses or when scattered in-between tall flowers to provide support and competition.

Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!

Companion Plants

Marsh Milkweed
Meadow Blazing Star
Prairie Blazing Star
New England Aster
Orange Coneflower
Cardinal Flower

Size: 12-pack of plugs