Common Name: Equisetum
Genus: Equisetum
Species: ramosissimum
Cultivar: var. japonicum
Skill Level: Beginner
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness: Hardy
Soil type: Moist, Boggy
Height: 50cm
Spread: 50cm
This is an attractive, clump-forming evergreen, reed-like plant with tubular, pointed, upright green leaves. The stems bear dark coloured joints at regular intervals, giving plants the appearance rather like an aquatic bamboo. Plant in baskets of aquatic compost and use a marginal plant. After a few years remove from the pond and divide to prevent plants getting too large and overcrowded.
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