Please make sure JavaScript is enabled.
 
Sea Rush in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Juncus Maritimus

 

Sea Rush

Juncus can be annuals, deciduous or evergreen perennials. They are clump-forming, often having cylindrical leaves, and bearing clusters of small brown flowers in Summer. Can be grown as a 'marginal' (at the edge of a pool or pond). Juncus Maritimus - 'Sea Rush' - is a tall rush with sharply pointed leaves and small clusters of brown flowers

Contributed by @fuschia

 
plant Features
  • Sea Rush likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Sea Rush likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

  • Sea Rush is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Sea Rush likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

 
plant information

Common name

Sea Rush

Latin name

Juncus Maritimus

type

Aquatic marginal

family

Juncaceae

ph

6.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Sea Rush likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Sea Rush is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Sea Rush likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

  • Water

    Sea Rush likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

Plant & bloom calendar

  •  
    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Sea Rush is 0.50meters x 0.90meters 0.50 M 0.90 M

Juncus Maritimus

Juncus can be annuals, deciduous or evergreen perennials. They are clump-forming, often having cylindrical leaves, and bearing clusters of small brown flowers in Summer. Can be grown as a 'marginal' (at the edge of a pool or pond). Juncus Maritimus - 'Sea Rush' - is a tall rush with sharply pointed leaves and small clusters of brown flowers


Flowering

From Early Summer TO Late Summer

Small clusters of brown flowers sometimes appear in Summer

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Rushes like moist, rich, acid soil, and can be grown as marginal plants, at the edge of a pond or pool. Plant in full or partial sun,

 

Propagating by division

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

Propagate by dividing the plant. Dig up the whole plant, and divide it into sections to be replanted straight away

 
Subscribe to GardenTags Premium to get personalised planting tasks and more for your entire plant collection
 
Gardeners who are growing this plant