Description

ring vertical elegance to your water garden with Carex acuta (Slender-Tufted Sedge). This tall, slender sedge creates dense tufts of grass-like foliage that add texture and height to rivers, streams, or lake edges. Native to the British Isles, it thrives in damp, aquatic environments, making it the perfect choice for wetlands or pondside plantings. Its graceful appearance and robust growth provide natural beauty and habitat for wildlife, enhancing your garden with both ecological value and visual appeal.

• Height: Tall, slender tufts
• Ideal For: Wetlands, rivers, streams, and lakes
• Native To: The British Isles
• Growing Conditions: Prefers moist, well-drained soil and full sun to partial shade
• Perfect For: Pond edges, aquatic gardens, and naturalistic landscapes

The Slender-Tufted Sedge adds a touch of native charm and height to any water feature, making it an ideal plant for creating lush, natural habitats.

Repotting or planting

9cm marginal plants require potting into a larger mesh basket. Place in a pond no deeper than 1/3 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish. 1ltr marginal plants do not require repotting, place in the pond no deeper than 1/2 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish, plants over 60cm height growth will benefit from repotting into a larger mesh basket or should be planted in gravel to prevent them from falling over. 3ltr and 5ltr plants do not require repotting, as they are larger more established plants they can be placed up to the maximum recommended depth. There is no need to remove the mesh basket.

Care instructions

Little maintenance is required. Trim just above the water surface after foliage has died back in Autumn to tidy.

Colour

Brown

Growth rate

Medium

Flowers

May- Aug

Sun/shade

Full sun to part shade

Native

Season

Spring-Summer

Measurements in centimetres

Height Min -Max

60-90

Depth Min-Max

0-15