Carex bicknellii (Copper-shouldered Oval Sedge) Vine what is not to love

what is not to love

Sweet Joe-Pye Weed is a large woodland plant reaching around four to seven feet high with beautiful cotton candy pink-purple flowers

easily controlled by digging the root corms as the need arises to control its spread

Its white cotton ball flowers are amazing mid-summer

Carex bicknellii (Copper-shouldered Oval Sedge) Vine what is not to loveCarex bicknellii (Copper shouldered Oval Sedge) is one of the only common prairie sedge. It performs well in sunny normal to dry conditions. Standing at 2 and a half feet tall at the most, Bicknells Sedge has a triangular stem and around 3 6 spikelets on its inflorescence. A more widely common sedge, attractive with an upright appearance it is one of the first sedge to set seed in the season that can also serve as a food source for game and songbirds.