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Plant: Blue Arrows - Rush Grass
Juncus inflexus 'Blue Arrows'
Size: 1 gal
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More about this plant
Blue Arrows rush is a dense, upright clump of round, blue-green stems about 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide that emerge lime green in spring and turn bluish green. It likes full sun to partial shade and average to wet soil, tolerates some standing water and urban pollution, and is drought tolerant once established. Use it in rain gardens, boggy sites, pond edges and containers, where it works as a thriller.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Blue Arrows rush is a dense, upright clump of round, blue-green stems about 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide that emerge lime green in spring and turn bluish green. It likes full sun to partial shade and average to wet soil, tolerates some standing water and urban pollution, and is drought tolerant once established. Use it in rain gardens, boggy sites, pond edges and containers, where it works as a thriller.
- Flowers
- Reddish-brown to copper clusters near the stem tips from late spring to mid summer (species).
- Foliage
- Upright, blue-green, round, mostly leafless stems with a powdery bloom, emerging lime green in spring and turning bluish green through the season.
- Fruit
- Beaked capsule under 1 inch forming after flowering (species).
- Pruning
- Cut back to the ground in late winter before new growth starts, taking care not to disturb the crown.
- Native range
- Temperate Europe, Asia, Africa and Micronesia (species)
