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Old 15-01-2004, 04:16 PM
Martin Sykes
 
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Default Alternatives to Pendulous Sedge?

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"Michael Savage" wrote in message
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Hi all

I have long had a fondness for Pendulous Sedge and was planning on growing

a
clump at one end of my small woodland area (about 6m x 2m), to balance a
nice shuttlecocky fern on the other side.

However, while checking it out with Google I see various urglers have

warned
against its invasiveness.

What do people think? Plant one and keep on top of it (given the small

area
I'm looking at)? Or is there a better plant that would give me the same

sort
of form but be less invasive?

BTW, I'm in Derry, so wetness isn't in short supply, though my soil is
fairly sandy and free-draining. I'm adding lots of leaf-litter and

shredded
material to the woodland area, which in addition to the ferns has various
bulbs, establishing cyclamens and a few hellebores.

Michael S


I grow pendulous sedge and it is a bit invasive through self-seeding rather
than spreading but not a real problem. I just weed it out where I don't want
it. There are a lot worse plants. For example, the forget-me-nots have taken
over a large area of my garden in the last year.

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