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White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Also called oak sedge and whitetinge sedge
White-Tinged Sedge blooms from May through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing White-Tinged Sedge
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 16 in tall and 16 in wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for White-Tinged Sedge. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant White-Tinged Sedge
Plant White-Tinged Sedge in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 8, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms in May.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does White-Tinged Sedge get?
16 intall5 ft 7 inan adult16 inwideSee White-Tinged Sedge in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant White-Tinged Sedge
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space White-Tinged Sedge about 16 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add White-Tinged Sedge to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
White-Tinged Sedge's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags were checked against 8 published sources on October 24, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Pleasant Run Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- usperennials.comUS Perennialsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- luriegarden.orgLurie Garden, Chicagoheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun and bloom months and color
- tnyards.utk.eduUniversity of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Tennessee Smart Yardsheight, spread, sun, water and bloom months and color
- hoffmannursery.comHoffman Nurseryheight, hardiness zones, sun, water and trait tags
- babikow.comBabikow Wholesale Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones and water
- Mt. Cuba CenterCarex trialheight, spread, sun and trait tags
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Where it grows wild
Native to 35 states and 4 provinces
United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and 23 more
Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec
Recorded growing wild in 837 counties.
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
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