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Golden Variegated Sweet Flag
Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’
Golden Variegated Sweet Flag is a moderate-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 6-9, that matures to about 6–12 in × 6–12 in. It does best in full sun and part shade with high water needs in standing-water and occasionally-wet soil. Expect yellow and green blooms in spring and summer. It stands up well to erosion and wet soil and grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 6-9
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 6–12 in × 6–12 in
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Standing-water, Occasionally-wet
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Green
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Tough against
- Erosion, Wet soil
- Native to
- Eastern Asia
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