If you are a member Login

Joint Shoot Today

Over 40,000 have joined already!

Sign-up in just 60 seconds to browse more pages & to get other member benefits.

One Year Only

£19.99

12 Month full membership

  • Unlimited gardens
  • Unlimited plants & care
  • Unlimited browsing
  • Unlimited plant suppliers
  • Unlimited garden designs
Choose Plan

Ongoing

£18.99*

Recurring full membership

  • Unlimited gardens
  • Unlimited plants & care
  • Unlimited browsing
  • Unlimited plant suppliers
  • Unlimited garden designs
Choose Plan

* Plus £12 a year thereafter

Basic

FREE

No obligration trial

  • 1 garden
  • Up to 10 plants & care
  • Increased browsing
  • No plant suppliers
  • Trial garden designs
Choose plan

Click here for business membership options



Equisetum fluviatile (Water horsetail)

Click the tabs to read more

Skill rating Beginner
skill rating
Ultimate spread 0.7m
max. spread
Ultimate height 1m
max. height
Time to maturity 2-5 years
to maturity
Maintenance level 1 hour care
per year

Botanical name: Equisetum fluviatile

Other names: Water horsetail, Swamp horsetail , Jointed rush


Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to add this plant to your plants list


Genus: Equisetum

Species: E. fluviatile - E. fluviatile is a clump-forming perennial with hollow, rough-textured, corrugated, jointed stems and often long, thin-jointed branches. Cone-like spore producing strucutures form at the end of fertile stems.

Equisetum fluviatile is: Semi evergreen

Foliage: Cream, Green, Yellow, Variegated in All seasons

Fruit: Black in Summer

Habit: Clump-forming

Worried you won't remember?

Get personalised monthly care reminders with care how-tos specific to this plant.


Watch out for

General care

Propagation methods: Rhizome sections, Spores. REGISTER to read more...


Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to receive detailed monthly care instructions

Equisetum fluviatile (Water horsetail) will reach a height of 1m and a spread of 0.7m after 2-5 years.


Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to match this plant to your garden


Suggested uses: Aquatic, Bog garden, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Ground Cover, Low Maintenance, Waterside, Wildflower

Cultivation: Plant in fertile soil in sun. Enjoys very wet conditions, and can even be grown in shallow water.

Suitable for your garden?
In progress indicator
This plant likes... Garden match
Soil types: Chalky, Clay, Loamy Match unknown
Soil drainage: Boggy damp conditions, Moist but well-drained, Moisture-retentive Match unknown
Soil pH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral Match unknown
Light: Full Sun Match unknown
Aspect: South, West Match unknown
Exposure: Sheltered Match unknown
Hardiness: Hardy (H4) Match unknown

Discuss Equisetum fluviatile (Water horsetail) with other Shoot members.


Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to add a comment or question about this plant


We list 3 suppliers who tell us they sell Equisetum fluviatile (Water horsetail). In order to see the list you'll need to either register or log in as a full member.


Sign up for a FULL ACCOUNT today or login as a full member.


If you sell this plant and would like to add a link, please fill in this form.

 

What Shoot members say...

"The plant care information and automatic receipts each month listing gardening tasks for the next few weeks helps us see straight away what we should be doing and when. An extremely helpful website for all gardeners."

Mairi, Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Sign up today
 

Gardens with this plant

Main Rear Garden
Main Rear Garden
Kevin Griggs

My Garden
My Garden
Carol Hayes

 

Report content or feedback to Shoot
Close panel

Add ? to your lists

To add this plant to your lists login to your account or register for a new account.

Registration is free and straightforward.

Find out more about plant lists here.


Our awards:
Follow us: