Acorus americanus  ~ Sweet Flag - Delivered By ServeScape
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Acorus americanus ~ Sweet Flag-ServeScape

Acorus americanus

Sweet Flag

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

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.

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

Northeast and Upper Midwest N. America

Height: 

2' - 3'

Spread: 

0.5' - 1'

Spacing: 

0.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

 3 - 6

Culture: 

Full SunPart Sun

Bloom Color: 

Green

Season of Interest: 

SummerYear-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Keep soil moist.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersNaturalized AreasWildlife 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 PotterfieldAcorus americanus (sweetflag), (3) Ryan HodnettSweetflag (Acorus americanus) - Kitchener, Ontario 2018-08-17CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown

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