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Juncaceae
Great wood-rush
Luzula sylvatica
Also known as Luzula sylvatica, Greater wood-rush, Hairy wood-rush, Juncus sylvaticus
Native Plants · Wood Rush · Shade Plant · Ground Cover · Evergreen · Woodland · Luzula · Grass-Like · Perennial · Juncaceae · Low Maintenance
Great wood-rush is a robust, clump-forming evergreen grass-like perennial ideal for shaded woodland gardens and difficult dry-shade spots. It requires minimal care once established and is excellent for ground cover under trees where little else will grow. Water regularly until established, then it becomes largely self-sufficient.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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