Is Drooping Sedge deer resistant?
Carex pendula
About Drooping Sedge
Long catkin-like spikes hang from arching stems, good at a pond edge in shade. It seeds itself around freely enough to become a nuisance, so cut the spikes before they ripen.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 5.5 to 7
- Drainage
- Consistently moist
- Water
- High
- Spacing
- 24 to 35 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Maintenance
- Moderate
Similar to Drooping Sedge
Other ornamental grasss with the same deer rating.
Where Drooping Sedge grows
Hardy across most of these 50 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Drooping Sedge
- Is Drooping Sedge deer resistant?
- Drooping Sedge (Carex pendula) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Drooping Sedge grow in?
- Drooping Sedge is hardy in USDA zones 5 to 9. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Drooping Sedge grow in shade?
- Yes. Drooping Sedge tolerates full shade to part shade, which makes it one of the options for a shaded bed where deer also browse.