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Cyperaceae
Triangular club-rush
Schoenoplectus triqueter
Also known as Three-square bulrush, Sword grass, Schoenoplectus, Eleogiton triqueter
Native Plants · Aquatic · Wetland · Bog · Pond · Margin · Triangular · Rush · Water · Perennial
Triangular club-rush thrives in wet conditions and is excellent for pond margins and bog gardens. This aquatic perennial requires consistently moist to wet soil and can handle full sun to partial shade. Ideal for water feature plantings and rain gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet, can tolerate standing water · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2.5 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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