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Juncus x 'Occidental Blue'
Blue-leaved Rush

Leaf
Flower

June, July
Fruit
No Ornamental Fruit
Perennial
Hardiness Zone 5-9
Full Sun to Part Shade
Full Sun to Part Shade
Wet
Wet
Culture
This plant prefers moist to wet soil and is easy to grow.
This plant is drought tolerant, alpine, deer resistant, evergreen and can be used as a border, container, specimen, edging, accent, waterside planting.
Landscape Value
An interesting plant to use as a foliage accent.
Leaves are round and stem-like, forming a hedgehog mound in a handsome shade of steely blue-grey.
A good choice for beside a pond or stream, as a marginal water garden plant or in any damp sunny area..
Flowers are brownish and insignificant.
Although evergreen, plants may require a hard trim back in spring to tidy up the appearance.
Clumps may be easily divided in spring or early fall.
Possibly a cultivar of Juncus patens.
Rounded / Mounded
Rounded / Mounded
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