Butcher's Broom

Butcher's Broom Care

Ruscus Aculeatus

What is the plant

Ruscus is a low-growing, mounding plant, often valued as a ground cover. At maturity, Ruscus reaches heights of 3 feet (1 m.) or less, and a width of about 2 to 4 feet (0.5 to 1 m.). In spring, Ruscus displays rather unimpressive greenish-white flowers, but on female plants, the blooms are followed with masses of plump, shiny, bright red berries that provide rich contrast to the shiny, green foliage.

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Humidity

Dry

Lighting

Part Sun

Temperature

min -25°C

Hardiness zone

6 - 9

Difficulty

Medium

Hibernation

Cold Period

Toxicity

Poisonous

Invasive

Weed

How to Care for the Plant

Water
It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.
Pruning
Cut out dead stems to the base in spring
Sunlight
It can grow in full shade (deep woodland) or semi-shade (light woodland).

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Soil
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline soils.
Temperature
A very hardy plant, when fully dormant it can tolerate temperatures down to about -25°c
Additional
The berries are purgative. Caution required if used in patients on treatment for high blood pressure. An increase in tone of veins can influence blood pressure allowing more blood to flow to the heart