Where to buy equisetum hyemale

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Equisetum hyemale was used by native people as a scouring brush because of its high silica content and rough-textured bristles, hence its alternate common name, Scouring Rush. All rights reserved. Toggle navigation. Zone Path Copy Created with Sketch. Dense clumps of rigid upright stems arise from the rhizomes. Each stem has vertical ridges and is jointed or segmented. The nodes contain rings of tiny scale-like leaves and dark gray sheaths with black bands.

The cones wither by late summer after the spores have been released. Plants form large dense colonies from their robust rhizomes. Plants adapt to sandy, gravelly, clay or saturated mucky soils and sites with shallow standing water or fluctuating water levels.

This species tolerates drought and acid or alkaline soil. In gardens, this aggressive plant should be confined with deep soil barriers or in pots without drainage holes. Plant your Horsetail Rush in a 12 inch wide by 12 inch deep container with loam topsoil not rocks in the bottom of the container and an inch or so of water above the soil. Giant Horsetail can be planted in containers and placed in shallow water in your pond or simply in containers on your deck, terrace or patio, for an architectural look.

Grows well in moist soil and full sun to full shade. Reproduce by spores and runners. It is best to keep roots contained to the pot as these plants like to roam!

Very hardy and cold tolerant and hardy in zones 4 -