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A Neglected Genus – Ruscus by Sally Razelou Three Ruscus species grow in the garden of Sparoza. Although no longer popular as garden plants, they are worthy of being used far more generally in a dry garden than they are today. Plants of the woodlands, forests and maquis in Mediterranean regions, they have all the right characteristics for a garden with minimal irrigation as long as some shade is present. They look the same year-round whatever the season or climatic conditions. They are not badly behaved and require no maintenance except in the spring, when each small rounded rhizome with fleshy short roots produces a new stem. If the old stems are cut back as cleanly and as far as possible a fresh new stem appears, giving the whole plant a new dress of soft, light green foliage. In September, Ruscus aculeatus, R. hypoglossum and R. hypophyllum look green and handsome in the garden of Sparoza after more than four months without rain.
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