Sedge?

[BarbO]

Today I bought an Acorus graminius. Is this a sedge and suitable to grow in a pond?

 

[j.w]

Yes and that's a nice looking kind. Put it in a pot in the pond w/it's roots in water or tuck it in between rocks around the edge of the pond in water. You can just use rocks in the pot to keep it in place. No need for soil. You can use gravel or 100% clay natural kitty litter also. Non perfumed kind. The cheap old stuff. I just use some rocks in mine tho as the fish tend to try and get in there and take all the soil or kitty litter out and put it everywhere.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Today I bought an Acorus graminius. Is this a sedge and suitable to grow in a pond?

It's not a sedge, but it does grow VERY well in garden ponds. A little too well for my taste.

 

[j.w]

Ah yes you are right @JBtheExplorer it's a type of Sweet Flag. They can grow totally submersed in water but then you can't even see them. I enjoy the Sedges more.

 

[BarbO]

I took it out of the pot, washed the roots completely, and put the roots only, into water at the edge of the pond, held in place by a piece of nylon string. Will this work? It is full all day sun.

 

[addy1]

Just might, I haven't been able to kill any plants I have stuck into my bog or pond.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I took it out of the pot, washed the roots completely, and put the roots only, into water at the edge of the pond, held in place by a piece of nylon string. Will this work? It is full all day sun.

As addy said, it might.

I don't know if potting it would be worth the effort with it anyway. For me, it grew so fast that it grew out of the pot within a couple months after getting it.

 

[j.w]

Worth a try @BarbO and that way you can control it better. I have some in my pond that I put in a tall pedestal plastic pot on the plant shelf and it has totally grown way too big. I don't know how I will ever get it out!

It's the monster on the left.

 

[BarbO]

Holy cow, is that the same plant I just got? I will keep mine trimmed for sure.

 

[Lisak1]

I will keep mine trimmed for sure.

Looks like you better sharpen the blade on your chainsaw!

 

[BarbO]

I will. Do the roots stick to rocks or the pond wall or do they just hang into the water? I must be prepared.

 

[Lisak1]

Do the roots stick to rocks or the pond wall or do they just hang into the water? I must be prepared.

I wouldn't say they "stick" so much as they form a massive root ball that will invade every crack between every rock they can find. I had one that I finally got rid of (that thing was scaring me! See @j.w 's picture above). I had to get in the pond and hack away at it bit by bit, being careful not to hit liner of course. I repeated that process three or four times before it finally gave up. Then one day I spotted the tiniest bit of it growing on the other side of the pond - it hadn't given up after all... it had just chosen a new battle ground!

 

[j.w]

Yep mine is the variegated type but same family so look out! https://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/2506/golden-variegated-sweet-flag/

 

[BarbO]

I will be very careful with it, thanks for all the info.

 

[Lisak1]

If you go missing @BarbO we'll know where to look!