Ruscus aculeatus | Butcher'S Broom | Shrub

Ruscus aculeatus belongs to the plant family RUSCACEĈ and Genus Ruscus This Shrub prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various

We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Ruscus aculeatus does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds

Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Ruscus aculeatus so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties

Ruscus aculeatus butcher's broom is not known as a butterfly attracting plant

Ruscus aculeatus | Butcher'S Broom is an evergreen specimen which means it keeps it leaves throughout the year.

Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).

Ruscus aculeatus can survive cold winter nights that go as low as 0° Fahrenheit. It likes dry soils. Butcher's broom can survive short periods of drought. This plant tolerates windy and salty seaside conditions.

Ruscus aculeatus will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.

Ruscus aculeatus is a woody perennial. Butcher's broom is evergreen.

This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 4' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page

Ruscus aculeatus has traditionally been used in many herbal remedies including: as an anti-inflammatory, as a phlebitic remedy, as a diuretic and as a laxative. (More are listed in the medicinal properties section.) The aerial parts and the rhizome are used in herbal preparations.

"The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants", Andrew Chevallier, DK Publishing, New York, 1996.

"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.