Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'

과명	Cyperaceae (사초과)	속명	Carex (사초속)
전체학명	[정명] Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'	추천명	모로위사초 '아이스 댄스'

Common Name: sedge  

Type: Rush or Sedge

Family: Cyperaceae

Zone: 5 to 9

Height: 0.75 to 1.00 feet

Spread: 1.00 to 2.00 feet

Bloom Time: April to July

Bloom Description: Brown

Sun: Part shade to full shade

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Low

Suggested Use: Naturalize, Rain Garden

Flower: Insignificant

Leaf: Colorful

Tolerate: Deer, Heavy Shade, Erosion, Wet Soil

Garden locations

Culture

Grow in medium to wet soils in part shade to full shade. May be grown in close to full sun if soils are kept consistently moist. Thrives in moist, organically rich soils, but can also perform reasonably well in average garden soils. Cut foliage to the ground and remove in late winter.

Leaf color richer in shade than in sun. May benefit from a winter mulch.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Over 1500 species of Carex grow in a variety of habitats (often moist to wet areas) throughout the world. Identification of individual species can be very difficult.

Genus name from Latin means cutter in reference to the sharp leaves and stem edges (rushes are round but sedges have edges) found on most species' plants.

'Ice Dance' is a dense, spreading sedge rising to 12" tall which is grown for its foliage effect. Features grass-like, stiff leaves (1/2" wide to 12" long) which are dark green in the center with clean white borders. The moderate spreading habit of this sedge (most sedges are clump-forming) facilitates covering woodland areas with it. Brownish flowers in late spring are insignificant. This sedge is evergreen in the South, maintaining a good appearance in both summer and winter, but is not evergreen in the St. Louis area, although some foliage color will persist through the winter.

Carex 'Ice Dance' - Plant Finder (missouribotanicalgarden.org)

DESCRIPTION

A lush mound of slender, bright green leaves with strong creamy white margins that will brighten woodland gardens, water gardens and shady borders. Spreads gently by underground stems (rhizomes) to create a dense mat of foliage. An easy growing, non-invasive groundcover. Semi-evergreen.

Ice Dance Japanese Sedge, Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance', Monrovia Plant