Equisetum hyemale ~ Rough Horsetail, Scouring Rush - Delivered By ServeScape
Equisetum hyemale ~ Rough Horsetail, Scouring Rush-ServeScape
Equisetum hyemale ~ Rough Horsetail, Scouring Rush-ServeScape
Equisetum hyemale ~ Rough Horsetail, Scouring Rush-ServeScape
Equisetum hyemale ~ Rough Horsetail, Scouring Rush-ServeScape

Equisetum hyemale

Rough Horsetail, Scouring Rush

Regular price$12.90
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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Rough Horsetail is a non-blooming evergreen perennial found in moist woods and hills sides.  The stiff and hollow plant stems grow rigidly upright and are bamboo-like with its stem nodes being marked with whorls of toothed scale-like leaves.  A cone-like fruiting head appears at the tip of the stems containing spores.  Rought Horsetail is an aggressive spreader.  Prefers part sun and moist soils.  

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

Eurasia and North America

Height: 

2’ - 4’

Spread: 

1’ - 6’

Spacing: 

4’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 9

Culture: 

Full SunPart Sun

Bloom Color: 

N/A

Season of Interest: 

Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Very aggressive spreader- if preemptive measures such as soil barriers are not taken before planting Rough Horsetail is extremely hard to remove.  It can grow in standing water.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersWoodland Garden, Native Gardens, Pond Edges, Water Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Cardinal Flower, Blue Flag, Swamp Milkweed

IMAGES: Thayne Tuason, Equisetum hyemale along Columbia River at Spanish Castle 1, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Epimedium x youngianum Niveum 1zzCC BY-SA 4.0, (3) ConsultaplantasEquisetum hyemale 1cCC BY-SA 4.0, (4) KENPEI, Equisetum hyemale5CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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