This sword shaped wavy edged foliage is aromatic when crushed.
Shoots then turn cream and green which lasts through the summer months.
The Varigated Sweet Flag is also aromatic when crushed. Dwarf Varigated Sweet Flag - A dwarf species of the Varigated Sweet Flag which is suitable for small ponds and tub gardens. The broad ovate leaves are ribbed and the pyramidal stems are clothed with whorls of tiny three petalled rose-white flowers. The anthers are forked from a single spike. The plant is free flowering in the spring followed by a dormant period in the summer and then flowers again in the autumn.