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Ruscus hypoglossum,Mouse Thorn, Forever Plant - Kadiyam Nursery

Ruscus hypoglossum,Mouse Thorn, Forever Plant

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Common name:
Mouse Thorn, Forever Plant
Regional name:
Marathi - Ruscus
Category:
Shrubs, Groundcovers
Family:
Liliaceae or Lily family
Light:
Sun growing, Semi shade, Shade growing
Water:
Normal, Can tolerate more
Primarily grown for:
Foliage
Flowering season:
Flowers are inconspicuous
Foliage color:
Green
Plant Height or length:
50 cms to 100 cms
Plant Spread or Width:
50 cms to 100 cms
Plant Form:
Spreading, Upright or Erect
Special Character:
  • Auspicious or Feng Shui plant
  • Good for Cut foliage
  • Good for Hedges and Borders
  • Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
Generally available in India in quantities of:
Less than a hundred

Plant Description:

- Cut a branch of this \"very different\" plant and put it in a vase of water. Its lasts for over six months!
- Popular cut foliage item in the international markets.
- Grown on a big scale in Israel.
- Evergreen, tufted shrub with creeping rootstock and rigid stems to 45 cm high or more, the flexible, leaflike branches, or cladophylls, narrow and tapering to both ends, 6-10 cm long, and bearing small yellow flowers on their centers.

Growing tips:

- Plants form rounded clumps of thin and long branches.
- Plants grow longer in semi shade. In full sunlight they tend to stay shorter.
- Can be trimmed to a lesser height.
- Plants generate very little litter as leaves are long lasting.
- Prefers good fertile and well drained soils.