Carex Moon Falls

Common Name:
Carex 'Moon Falls'

Description:
Carex 'Moon Falls' is a compact and ornamental sedge prized for its graceful arching foliage and refreshing green tones, highlighted with fine creamy-white margins. This evergreen, clump-forming variety brings softness, structure, and year-round interest to the garden. Its cascading habit creates a natural “falling water” effect, ideal for modern landscapes, Japanese-style gardens, shady underplanting, or as a refined edging plant. In Melbourne’s climate, 'Moon Falls' thrives in part shade to full shade and tolerates full sun if kept moist. It grows best in rich, well-drained soil and is excellent for use in containers, mass planting, or spilling over garden walls and raised beds. While it may produce subtle flower spikes in spring to early summer, the main attraction is its flowing, variegated foliage. Low maintenance and frost-tolerant, this variety adds a tranquil, elegant texture to garden designs.

Form:
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
Height: 30–40 cm
Width: 40–60 cm

Aspect:
Part Shade
Full Shade
Full Sun (with consistent moisture)

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring
Flowers in Summer
(Inconspicuous flowers)

Flower Colour:
Greenish
(Not ornamental)

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Low Maintenance
Frost Tolerant
Evergreen in mild climates
Great for Borders and Edging
Ideal for Mass Planting
Soft Cascading Habit
Shade Tolerant
Moisture-Loving but Drought Tolerant (once established)

Toxicity:
Non-toxic to humans and pets

Companion Plants:
Heuchera ‘Green Spice’
Liriope muscari ‘Silver Dragon’
Ferns (e.g. Dryopteris or Blechnum)
Astelia ‘Silver Shadow’
Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’