Add elegant colour and architectural texture to your outdoor space with Acorus Ogon, a beautiful evergreen perennial valued for its bright golden-yellow and green variegated foliage. Its narrow, arching leaves create a graceful flowing effect, bringing movement and contrast to pond edges, damp borders, and water garden planting schemes.
This compact clump-forming plant provides year-round interest with its evergreen foliage and thrives in consistently moist conditions. Perfect for adding structure around ponds, bog gardens, shaded areas, and containers, Acorus Ogon is an easy-care choice for both traditional and contemporary gardens.
Highly adaptable and fully hardy, this attractive marginal plant requires minimal maintenance once established and works beautifully alongside ferns, hostas, and other moisture-loving plants. Supplied as a healthy established 2 litre pot plant, ready to plant and enjoy.
As a natural living product, each plant may vary slightly in size, shape, and appearance depending on seasonal growing conditions.
Plant Details
- Botanical Name: Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
- Common Name: Golden Variegated Sweet Flag / Japanese Sweet Flag
- Plant Type: Evergreen Marginal Perennial
- Pot Size: 2 Litre (Approx. 17cm)
- Foliage Colour: Golden Yellow and Green Variegation
- Position: Full Sun to Partial Shade
- Growth Habit: Compact, Clump Forming
- Mature Height: Approx. 25–40cm
- Mature Spread: Approx. 30–45cm
- Flowering Season: Summer (Small Inconspicuous Flowers)
- Hardiness: Fully Hardy Evergreen Perennial
- Soil Type: Moist, Boggy or Water-Retentive Soil
- Suitable For: Ponds, Bog Gardens, Damp Borders, Containers, Water Features
Care
Plant Acorus Ogon in consistently moist or wet soil for the best growth. It is ideal for pond margins and shallow water planting areas. Water regularly during dry periods, especially when grown in containers. Remove damaged or tired foliage in spring to maintain a fresh appearance and divide mature clumps every few years if required.
