Wool Grass - Scirpus cyperinus

Wool Grass

Scirpus cyperinus

This native sedge, not a grass, that provides one of the most unusual and ornamental seed head displays available for naturalized wet areas: large green inflorescences that age to soft, woolly cinnamon-brown masses highly attractive to birds.

  • Large green inflorescences age to soft, woolly cinnamon-coloured seed masses, an unusual texture in the landscape
  • Flowers rise well above the foliage on narrow upright stems
  • Native to Ontario, ideal for pond edges, rain gardens, or consistently moist areas where ornamental options are limited
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Shade
Soil Moisture
Moist, Wet
Hardiness Zone
3 – 9
Mature Height (meters)
1.5 – 1.5
Mature Spread (meters)
0.9 – 1.2
Growth Rate
Medium
Flower Colour
Green
Foliage Colour
Green
Bloom Time
Summer
Habit
Mounding
Attracts Birds
Ontario Native
Growing & Maintenance Tips
Grows in marshes, along pond shorelines, or in bogs in full sun to light shade. Can be grown in the garden but must have a consistently moist soil. This self-seeding sedge also spreads slowly by rhizomes. Plugs are sold in full flats only.

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