- Scientific Name: Juncus effusus 'Spiralis' (meaning loose rush)
- Common Names:
- Hardiness Zone: 4-9 What Zone am I?
- Size: 3-12" tall
- Flowering Season: Small light green flowers near the tips of the stems bloom May and June.
- Cultural Requirements:
- Full to partial sun
- Requires consistently moist soil
- Plant 2-4" under the water, 9-12" apart
- Requires little to no fertilization
- Maintenance: Grower may choose to cut down at end of season, or beginning of new growing season.
- Growth Rate: Grower dependent. Perenial plant.
Most marginal or bog plants prefer to be planted in 1-8" of water, on the first shelf of your pond, as well as the edges of streams and upper pools, are ideal planting areas.