trefle.io · Taken Jun 16, 2017 by Tela Botanica − Liliane ROUBAUDI (cc-by-sa)
Juncaceae
Arctic rush
Juncus arcticus
Also known as Mountain rush, Juncus arcticus subsp. euarcticus, Arctic-alpine rush, Juncus arcticus
Native Plants · Rush · Arctic · Wetland · Cold · Hardy · Bog · Rain · Garden · Moist · Northern
Arctic rush is a cold-hardy wetland plant that prefers consistently moist to wet soil conditions. It thrives in cooler climates and can tolerate partial shade to full sun exposure. This rush is excellent for rain gardens, bog gardens, or naturalistic plantings in northern regions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- peat
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Austria, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Finland, France, Greenland, Iceland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Manitoba, Mongolia
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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