Carex Seeds | Frosted Curls

How to Grow

Use small pots filled with seed starting mix. Place the Carex seeds onto the soil and cover thinly with sand or soil. To help keep the ornamental grass seed moist until germination occurs, cover the pots with clear plastic wrap. Move the Carex seedlings to direct sunlight once they have sprouted, either in a south facing window or greenhouse and remove the plastic wrap. Transplant the Carex plants into progressively larger containers as they grow.

• Sowing Rate: 4 seeds per plant
• Depth: Sow on to the surface and cover with 1/8 of topsoil
• Average Germ Time: 21 - 24 days
• Moisture: Keep seeds moist until germination

Grass Specifications

A mature Carex plant can be transplanted outdoors into its permanent place usually within one full growing season. It will re-seed as allowed.

• Plant Spacing: 18 inches
• Height/Width: 12 inches
• USDA Zones: 7 - 9
• Season: Perennial

Carex (Carex comans Frosted Curls) - Commonly called New Zealand Hair Sedge, this little dwarf sedge only reaches 12 inches in height. Grow Carex Frosted Curls from ornamental grass seed and enjoy the silvery, dense green clumps, in your pots and containers, beds and borders, or as groundcovers. Ornamental grasses such as Carex prefer well-drained soil and full sun to partial shade.

This Carex ornamental sedge has a fine-texture with 1/16"-wide, hair-like, almost cylindrical leaves that form dense tufts. With even a slight breeze, the iridescent, light green foliage will shimmer, and when the foliage has plenty of room to cascade over rocks, a container or a wall the ornamental grass gives the illusion of a waterfall. Carex grass care includes trimming the plant back in the late winter or early spring leaving 1/3 of the plant in place. The Carex plant can also be divided every few years in the early spring.

How To Grow Carex From Ornamental Grass Seed: Use small pots filled with seed starting mix. Place the Carex seeds onto the soil and cover thinly with sand or soil. To help keep the ornamental grass seed moist until germination occurs, cover the pots with clear plastic wrap. Move the Carex seedlings to direct sunlight once they have sprouted, either in a south facing window or greenhouse and remove the plastic wrap. Transplant the Carex plants into progressively larger containers as they grow. A mature Carex plant can be transplanted outdoors into its permanent place usually within one full growing season.

Beautiful Decorative Grass

How To Grow

It is simplest to start carex seeds indoors before transplanting outdoors. Use small pots that are filled with a seed-starting mix. Place the seeds onto the soil and cover lightly with sand or soil.

To help keep these seeds moist until germination occurs, cover the pots with clear plastic wrap. Move the seedlings to direct sunlight once they have sprouted. Transplant the seedlings into progressively larger pots as they grow. A mature plant can be transplanted outdoors to its permanent place usually within one full growing season.

• Environment: full sun to partial shade
• Soil: evenly moist with pH 5.5-6.8
• Sowing rate: 3 seeds per plant

Plant Information

Prairie Fire Carex is a perennial ornamental grass that grows in USDA zones 6 through 9. Unlike common cool-colored ornamental grasses of purple and blue, this variety is noted for its warmer color scheme that oscillates over the course of the growing season.

• Foliage color: olive green to orange
• Bloom color: olive green
• Height: 18 inches

Carex (Carex testacea Prairie Fire) - If you are fond of adding different colors and textures to your garden, this Carex seed is a must have! Commonly called Orange Sedge, it is an outstanding specimen plant with attractive olive green, fine-leaved foliage that bursts into orange tones in the fall. In late summer, rose colored flower panicles appear just above the foliage. Add some Orange Sedge grass plants to other ornamental grasses with silvery or variegated foliages, and the colorful effect is dramatic.

Ornamental sedges are extremely versatile. They can be grown in containers or borders, and they tolerate some soil dryness and can even adapt to quite boggy situations. Orange Sedge seeds produce plants that are disease and pest resistant and are very low-maintenance.

How To Grow Carex From Ornamental Grass Seed: Use small pots filled with seed starting mix. Place the Carex seeds onto the soil and cover thinly with sand or soil. To help keep the ornamental grass seed moist until germination occurs, cover the pots with clear plastic wrap. Move the Carex seedlings to direct sunlight once they have sprouted, either in a south facing window or greenhouse and remove the plastic wrap. Transplant the Carex plants into progressively larger containers as they grow. A mature Carex plant can be transplanted outdoors into its permanent place usually within one full growing season.

Beautiful Decorative Grass

How to Grow

It is simplest to start carex seeds indoors before transplanting outdoors. Use small pots that are filled with a seed-starting mix. Place the seeds onto the soil and cover lightly with sand or soil. To help keep these seeds moist until germination occurs, cover the pots with clear plastic wrap. Move the seedlings to direct sunlight once they have sprouted. Transplant the seedlings into progressively larger pots as they grow. A mature plant can be transplanted outdoors to its permanent place usually within one full growing season.

• Environment: full sun to partial shade
• Soil: evenly moist w' pH 5.5-6.8
• Sowing rate: 3 seeds per plant

Plant Specifications

Weeping Bronze Sedge is a perennial ornamental grass that grows in USDA zones 6 through 9. This variety produces inconspicuous brown flower spikes, but the main attraction is the pinkish-bronze foliage.

• Foliage color: pinkish-bronze
• Plant height: 18 inches
• Fall color: no change

Carex (Carex flagellifera Bronze) - If you enjoy ornamental grasses, you have to grow this Carex ornamental grass seed! This bronze drought tolerant Carex grass sedge forms a mop-top of pinkish bronze leaves. It is commonly called Weeping Brown Sedge, and its color and simplicity is a great addition to containers, rock gardens or borders where water conservation is desired. Add this ornamental sedge to mixed borders with greens and brightly colored ornamentals to really appreciate its colors and texture. It is a distinctive addition to a sunny to partly shaded border. Individual plants stand out for their form. Grow ornamental grasses in mass groupings for a lovely ground cover.

How To Grow Carex From Ornamental Grass Seed: Use small pots filled with seed starting mix. Place the Carex seeds onto the soil and cover thinly with sand or soil. To help keep the ornamental grass seed moist until germination occurs, cover the pots with clear plastic wrap. Move the Carex seedlings to direct sunlight once they have sprouted, either in a south facing window or greenhouse and remove the plastic wrap. Transplant the Carex drought tolerant plants into progressively larger containers as they grow. A mature Carex plant can be transplanted outdoors into its permanent place usually within one full growing season. Addition of mycorrhizae fungi to the soil can help enhance root development to support a soil life that will help the Carex ornamental grass. This great image was taken from koloryogrodu.blogspot.com.

Beautiful Decorative Grass

How to Grow

It is simplest to start carex seeds indoors before transplanting outdoors. Use small pots that are filled with a seed-starting mix. Place the seeds onto the soil and cover lightly with sand or soil. To help keep these seeds moist until germination occurs, cover the pots with clear plastic wrap. Move the seedlings to direct sunlight once they have sprouted. Transplant the seedlings into progressively larger pots as they grow. A mature plant can be transplanted outdoors to its permanent place usually within one full growing season.

• Environment: full sun
• Soil: well-drained w' pH 6.8-7.4
• Sowing rate: 4 seeds per plant

Plant Specifications

Red Rooster Carex is a perennial ornamental grass that grows in USDA zones 6 through 9. This carex variety is not particularly fussy and will tolerate almost any soil condition. It does prefer moist soil, however, and does best in mild, cool climates.

• Foliage color: orange-red-brown
• Plant height: 20 inches
• Plant width: 20 inches

Carex (Carex buchananii Red Rooster) - Commonly known as Leatherleaf Sedge, this little plant has all that you want in an ornamental grass. It readily grows from Carex seed, and it has a dense, tufted, arching habit with narrow evergreen foliage. The leaves of this ornamental grass are copper-red to light brown in color. Leatherleaf Sedge Red Rooster prefers moist soil and does best in mild, cool climates. Ornamental sedges are great in the border, in mass plantings, or near a water garden. Incorporated into a container or mixed bed, ornamental Carex grass provides textural interest to complement both blooming plants and other foliage. It is tolerant of almost any soil and even makes an excellent bog plant. Carex Red Rooster ornamental grass reaches 24 inches tall and hardy.

Carex ornamental grass will grow in most soil types making it a very versatile ornamental grass. As with most ornamental grasses, Carex is low-maintenance which makes it great for a garden border, basket or container. It is also generally free from most pests and diseases and grows well in almost any aspect, exposed or sheltered.

How To Grow Carex From Ornamental Grass Seed: Use small pots filled with seed starting mix. Place the Carex seeds onto the soil and cover thinly with sand or soil. To help keep the ornamental grass seed moist until germination occurs, cover the pots with clear plastic wrap. Move the Carex seedlings to direct sunlight once they have sprouted, either in a south facing window or greenhouse and remove the plastic wrap. Transplant the Carex plants into progressively larger containers as they grow. A mature Carex plant can be transplanted outdoors into its permanent place usually within one full growing season.