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Carex oshimensis
droughtgrass
Carex oshimensis
Carex · Cyperaceae

Carex oshimensis, the Japanese sedge (a name it shares with Carex morrowii), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Japan. With its striped foliage, it is widely used as a non‑spreading ground cover.

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Classification

Genus
Carex
Family
Cyperaceae
Climate
temperate, subtropical

Carex oshimensis belongs to the Carex genus within the Cyperaceae family. It performs reliably across temperate, subtropical zones in our experience.

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Cultivation

Care sheet.

Water
Low to moderate
Light
Full sun to part shade
Soil
Most well-drained soils
Growth rate
Moderate to fast
Mature size
Clumping, 0.3–1m
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Cultivars

Selected named varieties and which job each is best suited to.

'Feather Falls'

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Companions

Species we plant alongside Carex oshimensis.

Carex appressa (Carex appressa)
droughtgrass
Carex appressa

Carex appressa

Bluish Pigface (Carpobrotus glaucescens)
Australian nativedrought
Carpobrotus glaucescens

Bluish Pigface

Isolepis nodosa
droughtgrass
Isolepis nodosa

Isolepis nodosa