Sweet Flag
Acorus americanus
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- Delivery ONLY to Metro Atlanta & Athens within 5-7 business days
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Sweet Flag is a hardy evergreen perennial swamp or bog plant with bright yellow-green spicy scented Iris-like foliage. The fleshy spadix covered with tiny white flowers appears in June and July, followed by dark berries. Prefers full sun and moist to wet soils. A vigorous spreader that can be used for erosion control. Tolerates short droughts once established.
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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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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
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown
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