Variegated Sweet Flag

Variegated Sweet Flag, also known as Acorus calamus Variegatus, is a bright and elegant pond plant that adds fresh colour, texture, and vertical shape to the edge of a pond or water garden. Its green and cream striped leaves make it more decorative than the plain green form, bringing light and contrast to pond borders, wet beds, and shallow water areas.

This easy to grow marginal pond plant is ideal for wet soil, marshy ground, pond shelves, and bog gardens where the roots can stay consistently moist. Variegated Sweet Flag looks especially attractive in natural ponds, koi ponds, wildlife ponds, swim ponds, and planted filter zones. Its upright foliage gives a clean architectural effect while still keeping a soft and natural waterside look.

For best results, plant Variegated Sweet Flag in full sun or partial shade, either directly into wet ground or in an aquatic planting basket placed at the pond margin. Once established, it forms a neat clump of striped leaves and returns each spring after the winter rest period. The variegated foliage is useful for brightening darker planting areas and for creating contrast beside broader leaved pond plants.

Acorus calamus Variegatus is a hardy marginal aquatic perennial suitable for consistently wet soils and shallow water planting. It usually reaches around 60 to 80 cm in height, with mature growth sometimes reaching up to 100 cm in favourable conditions. The recommended planting depth is approximately 0 to 20 cm below the water surface, making it suitable for pond shelves, bog gardens, wet banks, planted pond margins, and biological filtration zones.

This variety produces narrow, upright, aromatic foliage with attractive cream and green variegation. It performs best in nutrient rich, permanently moist substrates and can be used as a decorative structural plant in naturalistic aquatic planting schemes, reed bed style planting, pond edge designs, and planted filter areas. Flowering is subtle, with small greenish flower spikes usually appearing in late spring to early summer.

Variegated Sweet Flag is a dependable choice for customers looking for a hardy pond plant, variegated marginal plant, aquatic plant for wet soil, striped foliage pond plant, or decorative plant for pond edges and water garden landscaping.