Acorus gramineus
Habit | herbaceous
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Height: | ⇕ | 16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16. |
Width: | ⇔ | 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18. to 36 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Origin: | ✈ | Japan, E Asia |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 5 to 10 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | orange, yellow |
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This shrubby plant's long, narrow, slightly curved leaves may grow to 30cm (12 inches) in height. It can grow fully or partially submerged, or in very moist soil, but it will usually only flower when at least partially submerged.
Var. pusillus has slightly shorter, more rigid glossy green leaves, while var. variegatus has longer leaves streaked with yellow.
Acorus gramineus spreads aggressively by rhizome, creating a nearly-seamless groundcover where conditions are favorable, and it is frequently used around the edges of ponds and water gardens [1] , as well as submerged in freshwater aquaria. It can be propagated by dividing the fleshy underwater rhizome and planting the base in shallow water until the cutting strengthens.
Read about Acorus gramineus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Acorus gramineus, Soland. Height 8-12 in. Much smaller than A. Calamus, forming compact, grassy tufts. Japan. Var. variegatus, Hort. Lvs. striped white.— Used in hanging-baskets, vases, rockeries and for cutting. Often grown indoors. A. japonicus argenteo-striatus, Hort., and A. japonicus folia variegatus, Hort., are catalogue names, and are referable, from description, to A. gramineus, Soland. var. variegatusCH.
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