Plant in sun or part shade in a wide range of soils from fairly dry to moist and tolerant even of heavy clay soil and hardy to 0 degrees F. This is great as a garden plant, as a mass planting, accent or as an attractive specimen in a large container. Quite useful for combining with grasses and forbs to give a meadow-like feel to an area in the garden and should the planting get unruly, the clumps can be renewed by cutting back hard in spring.

This selection of Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus was made by Dave Fross of Native Sons Nursery from Southern Oregon near the California border. The name for the genus comes from the Latin word 'iuncus' which was the ancient word for Rushes and came from the word 'iungere' meaning "to join" and was in reference to the use of Rushes for cordage and tying. The German botanist Ernest Heinrich Friedrich Meyer described this plant in 1823 with the specific epithet coming from the Latin word 'effusus' meaning "loosely spreading" or "spread out" due to the spreading nature of this species. We grew this nice plant from 1994 until 2014. 

The information displayed on this page about Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus 'Quartz Creek' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.