Description

Bring height and texture to your water garden with Carex riparia (Greater Pond Sedge). This robust sedge can grow between 1 to 1.5 meters tall and spread just as wide, making it an excellent choice for creating a bold, natural look along pond edges or wetland areas. Its long, green leaves provide a lush backdrop, while tall stems support striking dark brown flower heads that appear in early summer, adding seasonal interest to your garden. Perfect for larger water features, it thrives in damp, aquatic environments and offers both beauty and structure to your landscape.

• Height & Spread: Grows 1–1.5 meters tall and wide
• Foliage: Long green leaves that create a lush, dense clump
• Flowering: Dark brown flower heads that appear in early summer
• Ideal For: Pond edges, wetland gardens, and water features
• Growing Conditions: Prefers moist, well-drained soil and full sun to partial shade

The Greater Pond Sedge is an ideal plant for adding height, texture, and seasonal interest to any aquatic garden, while also creating a habitat for wildlife.

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

Slow

Flowers

May- Aug

Sun/shade

Full sun to part shade

Native

Season

Spring-Summer

Measurements in centimetres

Height Min -Max

15-30

Depth Min-Max

0-15