Bowles Golden Sedge, Gold Sedge

Bowles Golden Sedge, Gold Sedge

Carex elata 'Aurea'

A cool-season sedge with striking bright golden-yellow variegated foliage that illuminates moist border and pond-edge plantings.

  • Forms a clump of graceful arching fine foliage
  • Fine leaf blades are bright golden-yellow with narrow green margins
  • Narrow male brown flower spikes form above stalkless female green spikes
Size
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Partial shade, Shade
Soil Moisture
Moist, Wet
Hardiness Zone
5 – 5
Mature Height (meters)
0.6 – 0.8
Mature Spread (meters)
0.3 – 0.4
Growth Rate
Medium
Foliage Colour
Green
Fall Colour
Yellow
Bloom Time
Summer
Habit
Upright
Deer Resistant
✓
Rabbit Resistant
✓
Landscape Uses
Border
Growing & Maintenance Tips
Best grown in a moist to wet soil in partial to full shade. A good plant for a shallow pond's edge.
Notes
Also referred to as European Tussock Sedge, Tufted Sedge.

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