Apr 6, 2017
Plant of the Day Thursday 6 April 2017
A native to Japan Equisetum ramosissimum var. japonicum (Japanese Horsetail, Barred Horsetail) forms vertical, dense evergreen clumps. It can be invasive but here it was being used in this Japanese front garden in Kyoto to make a series of geometric, semitransparent ‘hedges’. It is suited to moisture retentive soils or as a pond marginal but is best contained.
Jill Raggett