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Juncaceae
Alpine rush
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Also known as Juncus alpinus, Mountain rush, Highland rush, Juncus fuscoater var. minor
Native Plants · Rush · Wetland · Pond Margin · Alpine · Juncaceae · Rain Garden · Perennial · Water Feature · Cold Hardy · Native
Alpine rush is a cold-hardy, moisture-loving perennial rush suited to wet gardens, pond margins, and rain gardens. Keep the soil consistently moist or even slightly waterlogged and provide at least partial sun for best growth. It requires very little ongoing care once established in a suitable wet location.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet; tolerates standing water · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 9 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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