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- Sedge types - main features at a glance
- Horstig watch sedge
- Sedges according to location: Dear sunny or shady?
- Variegated sedge
- Properties that all types have in common
- Tips
Some types of sedge prefer wet feet
Sedge types - main features at a glance
Sedges belong to the plant family of the Sauergrasgewächse. With around 2,000 species, these representatives are distributed almost all over the world. To call all kinds here would be beyond the scope. Therefore here are the most important types of sedge with their characteristics.
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A large group make up the hurriedly awake sedge. They should all be shared on a regular basis so as not to outgrow their growth. Even a cut in the spring does not hurt them.
Here is an excerpt of the most famous representatives of this group with their main features:
Sedges according to location: Dear sunny or shady?
The one species of sedge prefers to grow in the blazing sun, whereas the other species prefer to stand in the shade. A place in the sun should be among other things the mountain sedge, New Zealand sedge, gold edge sedge as well as the Palmwedel sedge. In the shadow better lifted feel:
Variegated sedge
The colorful leaves sedges act as a solitary impressive. But they are also skillfully expressed in combination with other grasses and flowers. Here are some nice examples:
Properties that all types have in common
Whether Japan sedge, gold edge sedge, broadleaf sedge, or ... all blessings combine many features. Among other things, all sedges form rhizomes as Überdauerungsorgane. They have triangular stems and less than 2 cm wide, smooth leaves on the ground.
Furthermore, all types of sedges terminal inflorescences, spikelets and ears and unisexual flowers (male and female flowers separated from each other) on. Achenes are always trained as fruits and the care of these grasses can be considered as easy.
Tips
Some sedges are too big to thrive in pots. However, species such as the white-dwarf dwarf sedge and the stiff gold sedge are ideal for planters.