Or am I just letting it rock and roll? My inner pruning self wants to tidy it up a bit and clip it back some as we head into warmer days in Spring. Zone 7a NJ – USA
by captainzeeee
Or am I just letting it rock and roll? My inner pruning self wants to tidy it up a bit and clip it back some as we head into warmer days in Spring. Zone 7a NJ – USA
by captainzeeee
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sedge. stupid autocorrect
Hahahah! I hate autocorrect.
Others will have better advice, but I just kinda “rake” it a little with my hands to pull out the dead undergrowth. Good luck!
You can go either way. Clearing the dead matter (after frost ends) helps keep it neat-looking and lets you see how much space you have for more plants. Leaving it natural creates places for bugs to hide and make a home, and the dead matter turns into compost over time. Depends on what you are going for
this doesn’t look like pen sedge to me. Carex are tricky to identify, but the leaves seem too broad. Get good pics of the flowers in May/June.
assuming it’s a native sedge, you don’t NEED to do much, but you could easily pull 25 little divisions off of this patch, and greatly expand your sedge-hedge
More of it. A mass planting would be lovely.