Spikey texture and soft color, the Elk Blue California Gray Rush (Juncus patens ‘Elk Blue’) is an outstanding specimen to add unique structure and color to your garden pots and borders! Rush have unique blades that are rounded and grow in vertical clumps that won’t ever overcrowd!
The blue-green foliage and stiff growth reach 2 feet tall and wide, while easily maintaining a neat and tidy appearance! Forming curious blooms that add interest and more texture to the landscape. Rock gardens and water features alike, these grasses seem to always look at home.
Elk Blue Gray Rush can be evergreen in warmer climates, you’ll enjoy these tolerant and versatile ornamental grasses and the modern, high-style look they provide! Despite traditionally being a water-loving plant, Elk Blue can be drought tolerant once established.
Planting and Application:
Elk Blue can be both informal and formal, in the ground in rows and groupings for eye-catching displays, or in planters and containers as curious focal points and texture! When planted in symmetrical, orderly displays, you’ll bump up your curb appeal and add a modern touch to your garden beds. Bring perennial and cottage borders up to date with spikey texture and beautiful color!
California Gray Rush grass looks fantastic when used in planters and porch pots, the small size readily tucking into mixed planters for vertical texture and thrillers. Plant en masse for an eye-catching display that will light up a dreary section of tricky ground, where these plants shine! Coastal gardens, Zen and meditation seating areas, and naturalized sites get a colorful boost.
- Blue-Green Textural Foliage
- Small-Sized Clumps
- Rain Gardens, Containers & En Masse & Specimen
- Evergreen in Warmer Climates
- Versatile & Hardy
Tips for Care:
Rush Grass are very tolerant once established and adapt to dry sites and occasionally wet locations equally. Best in full sun areas, but tolerate some shade in the hottest zones. Provide a well-drained location with moderately enriched soil.
- Full Sun & Partial Shade
- Well-Drained Site & Moderate Fertility
- Drought & Saline Tolerant Once Established
- Deer Resistant
Elk Blue California Gray Rush is a beautiful modern ornamental grass with loads of colorful appeal for the urban landscape!