Hard rush is a rhizomatous perennial plant in Juncaceae (rush) family and is native to Europe, Africa and Asia. Hard rush grows in clumps with upright foliage and slowly spreads by rhizomes and seeds. The plant can grow up to 1.5 feet tall with mostly leafless blue-green stems. This plant may be slow to get started but once established can be divided as needed. in colder climates, it will die to the ground but in zones 7-9 it may be evergreen. This plant does best in full sun with consistently moist to wet heavy soil with a pH that is alkaline to neutral. It is able to grow in boggy wet sites around ponds and streams but will also do well in containers and the garden, given enough moisture. Use in rain gardens, containers and boggy sites. VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.