Description

Add structure and interest to your garden with Carex grayi (Mace Sedge). This striking perennial forms an upright clump of fresh green, leathery leaves that create a lush, dense backdrop in any landscape. Its most unique feature is the attractive, spiky seed heads that emerge in late summer, providing an unusual texture and visual appeal. Popular for flower arrangements, these distinctive seed heads add a touch of natural elegance to both your garden and indoor displays. Perfect for creating focal points or adding height to moist, well-drained areas.

• Foliage: Fresh green, leathery leaves that form an upright clump
• Seed Heads: Unusual, spiky seed heads, popular for flower arrangements
• Ideal For: Moist, well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade
• Perfect For: Adding structure to borders, water gardens, and floral arrangements

The Mace Sedge is a versatile and eye-catching plant, offering both beauty in the garden and elegance in floral displays.

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

Green

Growth rate

Medium

Flowers

May- Aug

Sun/shade

Full sun to part shade

Season

Spring, Summer

Measurements in centimetres

Height Min -Max

60-90

Depth Min-Max

0-20