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Wula Sedge

Carex meyeriana

Also called Meyer’s Sedge

Wula Sedge
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Yongxinge assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0

Wula Sedge (Carex meyeriana) is a clump-forming perennial sedge native from Siberia to Japan. It is grown as a grass-like ornamental and is best in cool, moist, well-drained conditions.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid letting it dry out completely.
Soil
Moist, fertile, well-drained soil or a moisture-retentive garden loam.
Temperature
Hardy in cold climates, tolerating winter lows well below freezing; comfortable in cool to mild summers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Siberia to Japan (Honshu, Kyushu)
Climate
temperate

About

Carex meyeriana is a species of sedge native across Siberia to north and central Japan.

Other Carex plants

Carex alba · Tall Sedge · Black-spike sedge · Asian Shortstem Sedge · Hair-like sedge · Carex curvula · Common Yellow Sedge · Dioecious sedge · Teasel Sedge · Grassland sedge · Carex dolichostachya · Tufted Sedge

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex meyeriana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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