Luzula campestris
Field Wood-rush
Luzula are evergreen perennials, sometimes stoloniferous. They have long, slender, flat leaves and clusters of tiny brown flowers in Spring or Summer. Luzula sylvatica - Great Wood-rush - is clump-forming with hair-edged leaves, and it spreads by stolons. Luzula campestris - Field Wood-rush - is an early flowering, low-growing, tufted wood-rush. It has one un-stalked flower-head surrounded by 3 -5 stalked flower-heads. Each flower-head has 4 - 12 dark brown flowers with very conspicuous pale yellow anthers. To control it, make the soil less acidic by adding lime
Contributed by @richard.spicer.7906
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Partial shade to deep shade
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Frequent watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and fertile
Common name
Field Wood-rush
Latin name
Luzula campestris
type
evergreen perennial grass
family
Juncaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade to deep shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and fertile
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.25 M
0.15 M
Luzula campestris
Luzula are evergreen perennials, sometimes stoloniferous. They have long, slender, flat leaves and clusters of tiny brown flowers in Spring or Summer. Luzula sylvatica - Great Wood-rush - is clump-forming with hair-edged leaves, and it spreads by stolons. Luzula campestris - Field Wood-rush - is an early flowering, low-growing, tufted wood-rush. It has one un-stalked flower-head surrounded by 3 -5 stalked flower-heads. Each flower-head has 4 - 12 dark brown flowers with very conspicuous pale yellow anthers. To control it, make the soil less acidic by adding lime
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Early Summer
Clusters of small brown flowers appear atop arching stems in Spring to early Summer
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Mid Spring
Luzula thrives in moist, humus-rich soil, in shade or partial shade. It will tolerate sun, as long as the soil is consistently moist.
Propagating by division
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
After approximately three years, once herbaceous perennial varieties have become established clumps they should be divided in order to retain vigour, or for propagation. The simplest method is to carefully dig around the clump and gently pull it apart into fist sized pieces and re-plant immediately. The middle of the original clump should be discarded as this will have lost vigour and become woody.
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