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What plant is this?

hatty_hatty_ Berkshire, 🇬🇧 Posts: 9
in Problem solving
Hello gardeners! 

Does anyone know what this is? The spikes are hard and very spiky/sharp at the ends. 

How big might it grow? 



I’ve recently moved into a new house and this am trying to figure out what the previous owners planted :-) 

Many thanks! 

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  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 3,266
    It could be Festuca Glauca. They don't normally grow that tall. Probably no more than 40cm tall.
  • CeresCeres Posts: 1,823
    It's not festuca. It could be Juncus Effusus.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 23,083
    edited September 2019
    I consider it to be an invasive weed, don't let it seed whatever you do.
    Devon.
  • ObelixxObelixx Vendée, Western FrancePosts: 18,810
    I don't remember my festuca having those tubular looking leaves which look a lot the wild rush that spread all over the Belgian garden if we let it.  Looked a lot like Ceres' juncus effusus and it spreads by its roots as well as seeds so beware.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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