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Graceful Grasses® Blue Mohawk®
Juncus
A plentiful source of attractive, upright bluish-green foliage. It may be used as a water plant, and works great in containers and in the landscape. It is a warm-season grass, which means it won't start growing until mid to late spring or even early summer.
| Blossom Color | Grown for foliage |
| Bloom Season | No Blossoms |
| Exposure | Part to full sun |
| Height | 24-36 in |
| Width | 8-12 in |
| Spacing | 8-12 in |
| Container Sizes | Quart, Royale |
| Hardiness Zones | 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Wildlife Attracted | No Wildlife Attracted |
| Wildlife Deterred | No Wildlife Deterred |
| Features | A plentiful source of attractive, upright bluish-green foliage. It may be used as a water plant, and works great in containers and in the landscape. It is a warm-season grass, which means it won't start growing until mid to late spring or even early summer. |
| Available Seasons | Fall |
| Adaptable as a Houseplant | No |
| Bog Plant | No |
| Is Disease Resistant | No |
| Drought Tolerant | No |
| Edible | No |
| Erosion Control | No |
| Fragrant Flower | No |
| Fragrant Foilage | No |
| Heat Tolerant | No |
| Native to North America | No |
| Salt Tolerant | No |
| Succulent | No |
| Water Plant | Yes |
| Uses |
Great in landscapes and containers. |
| Maintenance Notes |
Juncus is a warm-season grass. Warm-season grasses won't start growing until mid to late spring or even early summer. Their major growth and flowering happens when the weather is hot. They will usually turn shades of brown for the winter. Cut back warm season grasses in fall or by mid to late spring. Warm season grasses turn shades of brown as the weather turns colder. Once your warm season grasses turn brown you can trim them back at almost any time. If you like to tidy your garden in fall or if you live in an area where fire can be problematic trim warm season grasses so they are just a few inches tall. If you live in an area where fire generally isn't a problem you can leave the dried grasses and seed heads in your garden for winter interest. Snow or ice encrusted ornamental grasses can be quite beautiful. If you leave the trimming until spring try to make sure to cut them back to the ground (you can leave a couple of inches) by late spring, before new growth begins. Not all ornamental grasses look good through the winter, trim back those that don't look good in the fall. Divide warm season grasses anytime spring through mid-summer. All ornamental grasses should be divided when they are actively growing but not while they are flowering. If the plants are dormant when they are transplanted they won't establish a good root system. Warm season grasses generally start growing in late spring or early summer and have their active growth period during the heat of the summer. Warm season grasses will tend to bloom in mid to late summer. Despite a preference for abundant moisture, soft rush will perform surprisingly well in average garden soils as long as they receive consistent irrigation. Clumps are often slow to establish, but once established will spread by creeping rhizomes. Soft rush may be grown in tubs or containers sunk in the mud to control unwanted rhizome spread. Plants will also naturalize by self-seeding. In cold climates, clumps die to the ground in winter. Cut back old foliage in early spring |
| 2024 | Top Performer - Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs |
| 2023 | Top Performer - Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs |
| 2022 | Top Performer - Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens |
| 2022 | Plant of Distinction - End of Season - UGA |
| 2022 | Top Performer - UGA |
| 2022 | Top Performer - Cornell University |
| 2022 | Top Performer - University of Wisconsin - West Madison |
| 2022 | Perfect Score - Texas Tech University |
| 2022 | Best of Show , Best of Species - Penn State University |
| 2022 | Perfect Score - Oregon State University |
| 2022 | Top Performer - Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs |
| 2022 | Top Performer - LSU - Hammond |
| 2022 | A Top 10 All Season Average - Beds, Best of Breed - Beds - North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 2022 | Top Performer - University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids |
| 2022 | Perfect Score - University of Tennessee - Knoxville |
| 2022 | Top Performer - University of Guelph |
| 2022 | Perfect Score - Iowa State |
| 2022 | Top Performer - Mississippi State University - Poplarville |
| 2022 | Top Performer - University of Tennessee - Jackson |
| 2022 | Top Performer - Boerner Botanical Garden |
| 2022 | Top Performer - University of Minnesota - St Paul |
| 2022 | Top Performer - University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale |
| 2022 | Top Performer - Ohio State University - Columbus |
| 2018 | Top Performer - University of Minnesota - Morris |
| 2012 | Top Performer - Calgary Zoo and Botanic Garden |
| 2012 | Top Performer - Kansas State University |
| 2011 | Leaders of the Pack - summer - North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 2011 | Best of Breed - Summer - North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 2011 | Best Overall Performers - University Laval |
| 2011 | Excellent - Oregon State University |
| 2011 | Grower Evaluation Top Performer - Ohio State University - Columbus |
| 2011 | Top Performer - University of Georgia |
| 2011 | Best of Show (top 1%) - Penn State University |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Calgary Zoo and Botanic Garden |
| 2011 | Excellent - University Laval |
| 2011 | Top Performer - BYU-Idaho, Thomas E. Ricks Demonstration Garden |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Smithsonian Institution |
| 2011 | Top Performer - University of Tennessee - Knoxville |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Kansas State University |
| 2011 | Top Performer - University of Wisconsin |
| 2011 | Best Annuals - University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids |
| 2011 | Best Baskets - University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Longwood Gardens |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Colorado State University |
| 2011 | Top Performer - South Dakota State - McCrory Gardens |
| 2011 | Top Performer - University of Wisconsin |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Kansas State University |
| 2011 | Leaders of the Pack - summer - North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 2011 | Best of Breed - Summer - North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 2011 | Best Overall Performers - University Laval |
| 2011 | Excellent - Oregon State University |
| 2011 | Grower Evaluation Top Performer - Ohio State University - Columbus |
| 2011 | Top Performer - University of Georgia |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Calgary Zoo and Botanic Garden |
| 2011 | Top Performer - South Dakota State - McCrory Gardens |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Colorado State University |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield |
| 2011 | Top Performer - Longwood Gardens |
| 2011 | Best Baskets - University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids |
| 2011 | Best Annuals - University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids |
| 2011 | Excellent - University Laval |
| 2011 | Best of Show (top 1%) - Penn State University |
| 2010 | Season-Long Top Performer - Cornell-Long Island |
| 2010 | Top Performer - Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens |
| 2010 | Excellent Rating - University Laval |
| 2010 | Season-Long Top Performer - Cornell-Long Island |
| 2010 | Top Performer - University of Wisconsin |
| 2010 | Excellent - Disney |
| 2010 | Excellent Rating - University Laval |
| 2010 | Top Performer - Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens |
| 2010 | Top Performer - University of Wisconsin |
| 2010 | Season-Long Top Performer - Cornell-Long Island |
| 2010 | Excellent - Disney |
| 2010 | Excellent - Disney |
| 2010 | Excellent Rating - University Laval |
| 2010 | Top Performer - Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens |
| 2010 | Top Performer - University of Wisconsin |
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