A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Meyen's sedge
Carex meyenii
Dense native sedge foliage creates a soft groundcover beneath taller plants.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Tolerates dry to moist soil; use sun or part shade and plant in groups for groundcover.
- Sunlight
- Part sun & shade
- Soil moisture
- Dry soil
- Mature size
- 2½+ ft tall · About 2 ft wide
- Season of interest
- Year-round foliage
- Local climate
- Choose by island, elevation, and rainfall.
- Garden role
- Fine-textured native groundcover
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of lilyturf.
Liriope muscari
Try meyen's sedge for fine-textured native groundcover.
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Photo credits & licenses
Meyen's sedge: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA · CC BY 2.0
Lilyturf: Manuel · CC BY 2.0
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