Juncus effusus 'SPIRALIS'
Juncus effusus 'SPIRALIS'
corkscrew rush
SIZE/TYPE |
low or groundcovering |
USUAL HEIGHT |
0.3-0.4m |
USUAL WIDTH |
0.3-0.6m |
LEAVES |
evergreen broadleaf |
COLOUR OF LEAVES |
green |
FLOWERS |
insignificant or non-blooming |
LOCATION |
full to partial sun |
USDA zone (lowest) |
5 (down to -29°C) |
WINTER PROTECTION |
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FOR ZONE 5+6 |
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FOR ZONE 7 |
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BELONGS TO CATEGORIES |
Perennials
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Corkscrew rush is a highly ornamental evergreen plant for boggy soil and wet conditions. It produces up to 45 cm tall, dark green, shiny, spiraled stems along which insignificant brown flowers appear in early summer.
It likes constantly moist or wet, acidic soil in full sun or partial shade. It can be placed in shallow stream and pond banks where water is not deeper than 8 cm. Fully hardy to min. -30°C (USDA zone 5).
Last update 28-01-2011.
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
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