- Approximate height: 15 - 20cm (6 - 8 inches)
- Recommended water depth over crown of plant: 0 - 3cm (0 - 1 inch)
- Flower: None
- Supplied in the solid 9cm pot we grow them in - for best results we recommend potting on using a 1 litre pot.
The smallest living horsetail, this unusual plant is actually an aquatic fern. An evergreen perennial, it has slender, black-barred stems that remain on the plant year-round. Its foliage is much smaller and more delicate than other horsetails, and it is clump-forming and non-invasive. It requires little maintenance, aside from perhaps occasionally thinning out dead stems in spring.
This makes it ideal for adding winter interest to a small pond, barrel, sink, or tub garden, particularly in shady locations. Sometimes mistakenly advertised as a British native, it is actually native to northern Eurasia and North America. The foliage is mid-green in summer, taking on a pinkish tinge in very cold weather.
If designing a planting scheme, we recommend approximately 6 Equisetum scirpoides plants per square foot of ground, or 2 - 3 plants per linear foot of pond edge.
Read more here on how to pot and care for your plant.