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Plant: Mini Golden Grass - Acorus
Acorus gramineus 'Minimus Aureus'
Size: 1 gal
Light
Bloom
More about this plant
Mini golden sweetflag is a dwarf Japanese sweetflag with yellow, grass-like leaves held in small fan-shaped clumps that spread slowly by rhizomes. It grows in moist to wet soil in full sun to part shade, with some afternoon shade best in hot summers, and suits pond edges, wet spots, edging and containers kept moist; dry soil can scorch the leaves.
- Part Shade
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
Plant description
Mini golden sweetflag is a dwarf Japanese sweetflag with yellow, grass-like leaves held in small fan-shaped clumps that spread slowly by rhizomes. It grows in moist to wet soil in full sun to part shade, with some afternoon shade best in hot summers, and suits pond edges, wet spots, edging and containers kept moist; dry soil can scorch the leaves.
- Flowers
- Small flowers on a lateral spike up to 4 inches long, May to June.
- Foliage
- Narrow grass-like linear leaves 6 to 18 inches long and about 1/4 inch wide, glossy, sweetly scented when crushed.
- Fruit
- Small fleshy red berries follow the flowers.
- Native range
- Japan, Korea and eastern Asia
