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Hardiness: USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
On Jan 23, 2010, wer61537 from Minneapolis, MN wrote:
Our garden is in a suburb of Mpls. I planted two on a East facing hill side two years ago. The first winter, a plant halfway down the hillside died but the one farther up the hillside survived. There is more snow cover this year and so far, the winter has not been as cold.
I think this is a stunning plant in a shady area. Hopefully, it will make it this year.
On Nov 23, 2009, VA_GARDEN from Hood, VA (Zone 7a) wrote:
This pretty carex can be agressive. I made the mistake of letting it loose in a partly shaded bed with even moisture and good soil. It promply took over and started choking out everything. Digging it up was quite a chore. Planting it in dry shade seems to keep it in bounds. On the plus side, deer have never bothered it in my woodland garden, and they have eaten almost everything else I grow at one time or another.
On Dec 23, 2007, jonaflatooni from Port Orchard, WA wrote:
Easily transplanted and propagated through division and grows in thick clumps but does branch out with rhizomes. Good color combination of solid green and white.
Will be keeping an eye on it to see how much it spreads. I think the key is to watch and tend such plants and if it gets too large to dig it up and share or plant elsewhere.
I've had it for 3 seasons. It's not aggressive where it is, a full shade dry spot on a north facing slope. The other plant was in a half-shade on an east facing slope and it did not show much progress so far. This season I had babies that went 2-3" from the mother plant. The runners are rather think. It seems that long cold winters and lack of water keep it under control for me so far.
What I like about this plant in my zone so far is that it lasts well into the winter when most of the other plants are gone dormant.
On Aug 25, 2005, doss from Stanford, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:
Carex 'Ice Dance' is beautiful and It lights up a shady spot very well. However it's very INVASIVE and should be used with caution. Other similar Carex are available that are clumpers and similar in appearance which don't have the same problem. Ice Dance sends tough runners out to start colonies and these can replicate quickly. A good plant for the shade where nothing else will grow/or you don't mind it taking over.
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This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Juneau, Alaska La Riviera, California Stanford, California Cordele, Georgia Palmyra, Illinois Hobart, Indiana Cedar Rapids, Iowa Blanchard, Maine North Plymouth, Massachusetts Golden Valley, Minnesota Glens Falls, New York Greenville, North Carolina Bexley, Ohio Chesterland, Ohio South Middletown, Ohio Garden Home-whitford, Oregon York Haven, Pennsylvania Arlington, Tennessee Jacksonville, Texas Alexandria, Virginia Hood, Virginia Leesburg, Virginia Lexington, Virginia Newport News, Virginia Concrete, Washington East Port Orchard, Washington Olympia, Washington Seattle, Washington Beverly, West Virginia Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin
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