Equisetum hyemale – This horsetail is the Winter Scouring Rush. It has also been referred to as the Giant Horsetail. It is a curiously beautiful primitive plant with segmented stems that make one think “bamboo!” Horsetails benefit greatly when silicon is amended into the soil; in fact, it is an essential nutrient for them. Peat and bark based blends contain little silicon and Equisetum tend to languish in these mixes. We recently discovered this truth when our crop began to languish in containers... we're never too old to learn! Equisetum hyemale enjoys moist to wet sites in part to full sun where it will attempt colonization. We have seen this tendency smartly foiled when planted on a small island in the middle of a water garden in Japanese gardening. Could be well-used in a moist garden setting or potted in stark contrast other potted flowering or bold-foliaged plants of different colors.

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