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Carex 'Ice Dance' (Ice Dance Sedge) - This is a 12 to 15 inch mound-forming sedge that slowly spreads by rhizomes. Its ½" wide dark green leaves are distinctly variegated with creamy-white margins. Plant in full sun (coastal) to part sun or shade and water regularly. A good edging plant or use as a groundcover or container plant. Hardy into USDA zone 4 where foliage can be damaged but rebounds. This plant was selected by horticulturist Barry Yinger during a collection trip to Japan and was introduced in the US by Hines Nursery in 1996. It has previously been marketed as Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'. Carex morrowii is a clump forming plant with narrower leaves.
The information about Carex 'Ice Dance' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.
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