• Eventual height: 0.3m
  • Eventual spread: 0.3m

Isolepis cernua

fiber optic plant (syn Scirpus cernuus )

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3 × 9cm pots £27.99
PL30007699
£21.99
PL30007702
£27.99
PL30007701
£29.99
PL30003644
£34.99
PL30007700
£24.99
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  • Position: full sun or partial shade
  • Soil: moist to wet, humus-rich soil or aquatic compost
  • Depth of water: 0-8cm
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: June to August
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    This wonderful foliage plant creates a fibre-optic effect, particularly when its slender tips are topped with small silvery white flower heads. It's primarily grown as an architectural specimen around the margins of a pond, where its submerged shoots can also help to oxygenate the water, but it's also excellent in a bog garden. It could even be kept in a pot - provided you make sure it's kept really well watered.

  • Garden care: For best results, grow Isolepis cernua in full sun or partial shade, as a marginal in a pond or in a bog garden. Tidy up in autumn, but don't cut the foliage back completely.
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