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, simi

Acorus calamus, or Sweet Flag, is a marsh plant with long, bright green leaves. In spring, it produces light green cob-shaped inflorescences

Sweet Flag forms stands of sword-shaped, stemless leaves that fan out directly from the roots. A colony of them may look like cattails or iris leaves from a distance. Green-yellow flowers protrude and arc from stiff spathes in mid-summer, giving way to fleshy berries which turn a rich brown as they dry in the summer heat. The "sweet" in the name comes from the aroma the leaves give off when broken.  Muskrats often eat the roots of  Acorus americanus , seemingly attracted by the spicy, cinnamon-like scent.     Maturing to 2 feet in height, this plant prefers to keep its feet wet or damp and gro

Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' is a moisture lover with bright, wide variegated grass-like foliage that makes a bold impact in the border or water garden. Also known as Sweet Flag, this perennial plant forms mats of stiff, narrow bladed leaves with creamy white edges. Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' is deciduous, deer resistant and will naturalize in bogs or at water's edge. Tolerates up to 5" standing water. Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' prefers full sun and moist to wet soil. It will also grow with average moisture but do not allow to dry out. Can tolerate clay soil.