Carex flacca (glauca) ‘Blue Zinger’
Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger' is an evergreen sedge with startling, steel-blue, pleated foliage.
Description:
Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger' is an evergreen sedge that offers a tufted mound of startling, steel-blue, pleated foliage to about 18 inches high and wide. Best in filtered sun and with evenly moist, fertile soil. Plant in drifts for maximum effect. Sometimes listed as C. glauca.
Common Name: Blue Sedge
Family: Cyperaceae (The Sedge Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Green
Secondary Bloom Colour: Brown
Class: Evergreen
Type: Grass
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Grasslands, sand dunes and marshes.
Award: AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia
Europe and Africa - North Africa
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