Carex pendula

Name: Carex pendula
SKU: pda431
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A perennial grass ideal for humid banks and shady areas.

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Tags: chaud, couvre sol, evergreen, feuillage persistant, pepiniere ecoresponsable, perennial, xeriscaping SKU: pda431 Category: Balcony-Friendly, Beauty & Resilience, Bouquet, Evergreen, Frost Hardy, Ground Cover, Rewild

Carex pendula, the impressive Pendulous Sedge, delivers year-round visual impact with its evergreen foliage that forms architectural clumps in garden landscapes.

This exceptionally resilient perennial brings vital movement, texture, and color to shaded or humid areas where other plants struggle to thrive.

The leaves are broad, dark green on top and light bluish-green on the underside, cascading outward from the center, creating a sculptural presence that remains striking through all seasons

Its signature pendulous flower spikes dangle elegantly from tall stems in spring, adding another dimension of visual interest before developing into distinctive seedheads.

It propagates by underground stolons, allowing it to form beautiful dense clumps without ever becoming invasive.

It prefers rich, moist to wet soil, even clay, which does not dry out too much in summer. It thrives in partial shade and tolerates competition from other plants.

👨‍🌾 GARDENING TIPS👨‍🌾:

- Carex pendula prefers damp, heavy clay soils – where others are asphyxiated, Carex pendula will thrive
- By late summer, these spikes carry countless seeds which, if not trimmed, easily self-sow in all the moist areas of the garden
- Carex pendula serves multiple landscape functions—from erosion control on stream banks to a focal point in a woodland garden
- An outstanding choice for sustainable landscape designs seeking to combine aesthetic appeal with ecological functionality

⛔✂️Nota bene✂️⛔

- Do not prune a Carex. Ever. They risk almost certain death💀.

The Tales:

The most interesting thing about the Carex family is their ability to withstand both drought AND occasional flooding.

They are used in bio-swales in many urban areas for this very reason.

What is a bio-swale? I’m glad you asked!

Bio-swales are essentially intentional, planted ditches – like the space between the street and the sidewalk.

When there is too much rain, the sewer systems become overwhelmed by the runoff and the streets end up flooding.

By implementing bio-swales (and using plants such as the Carex family), some of the stormwater can be absorbed before the sewer systems are overwhelmed.

AND, the bio-swales can help pollutants from accumulating downstream by absorbing and filtering them “at the source.”