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Description
Acorus americanus ~ Sweet FlagSweet Flag, also known as Acorus calamus, is a perennial plant that is known for its sweetly fragrant foliage and its tolerance for wet conditions. This plant typically grows to a height of 2 3 feet with a similar spread. It prefers full sun to part shade and thrives best in wet, boggy soils, making it a great choice for water gardens, pond edges, or other areas of the landscape that stay consistently moist. The leaves of Sweet Flag are sword shaped,
Sweet Flag, also known as Acorus calamus, is a perennial plant that is known for its sweetly fragrant foliage and its tolerance for wet conditions.
This plant typically grows to a height of 2-3 feet with a similar spread. It prefers full sun to part shade and thrives best in wet, boggy soils, making it a great choice for water gardens, pond edges, or other areas of the landscape that stay consistently moist.
The leaves of Sweet Flag are sword-shaped, bright green, and have a sweet, spicy fragrance when crushed. In the summer, it produces inconspicuous, greenish-yellow flowers on a spadix, similar to many other water-loving plants.
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Origins: |
Northeast and Upper Midwest N. America |
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Height: |
2' - 3' |
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Spread: |
0.5' - 1' |
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Spacing: |
0.5' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
3 - 6 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Green |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Keep soil moist.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Gardens Native Gardens, Pond Edges, Water Gardens, and Containers
COMPANION PLANTS: Swamp Milkweed, Cherokee Sedge, Northern Blue Flag Iris
IMAGES: Jack Greenlee, U.S. Forest Service, Acorus americanus USFS-1, (2) Photo by Tom Potterfield, Acorus americanus (sweetflag), (3) Ryan Hodnett, Sweetflag (Acorus americanus) - Kitchener, Ontario 2018-08-17, CC BY-SA 4.0
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*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown
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