Common Name:
Bowles' golden sedge
Plant Type:
Sedge
Family:
Cyperaceae (The Sedge Family)
Geographic Origin:
Northern Europe
California Native?:
No

Plant Size:
18-24 inches high
Landscape/Garden Uses:
Mixed plantings
Flowering Season:
Spring and summer

Flower Color:
Brown
Exposure:
Light shade
Soils:
Most soils

Suggested Irrigation:
Regular watering
Estimated Hardiness:
Hardy to 0 degrees F. or less

This is one of the brightest of the yellow sedges. According to exposure, soil and watering, it may grow from 12 inches to over 2 feet high, though always in a dense, spreading hummock. The leaves are almost uniformly yellow, developing narrow dark green margins as they mature. This is one of the water-loving sedges, most at home beside a pond or stream. It is deciduous in winter.