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Juncaceae
Sharpflower rush
Juncus acutiflorus
Also known as Juncus articulatus f. acutiflorus, Phylloschoenus acutiflorus, Sharp-flowered rush, Juncus brevirostris
Native Plants · Rush · Wetland · Pond Margin · Bog · Marginal Plant · Rain Garden · Juncus · Grasslike · Perennial · Water Tolerant
Sharpflower rush is a robust perennial rush ideal for rain gardens, pond margins, and boggy areas where other plants struggle. It prefers consistently wet to moist soils and tolerates partial shade well. Once established it requires very little care and provides valuable habitat for wildlife.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet; tolerates standing water · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Crozet Is., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kerguelen, Krym, Labrador
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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