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Juncaceae
Sudetan wood-rush
Luzula sudetica
Also known as Luzula sudetica, Sudeten wood-rush, Mountain wood-rush, Luzula erecta subsp. nigricans
Native Plants · Wood-Rush · Grass-Like · Alpine · Groundcover · Perennial · Cool-Climate · Edging · Naturalistic · Low-Maintenance · European
Sudetan wood-rush is a low-growing, clump-forming grass-like perennial native to alpine and subalpine meadows of Central Europe, well suited to cool, moist gardens and naturalistic plantings. It thrives in well-drained, acidic to neutral soil in sun to partial shade and requires very little maintenance once established. Use it as an elegant edging plant, groundcover, or in a rock garden setting.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil moist but ensure good drainage to prevent waterlogging · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 10 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, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus
- Attracts
- Bees, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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