A hard-to-find, superb native selection for your backyard pond or bog, this widely distributed aquatic perennial features stocky stems and narrow cattail-like leaves, with thrilling round, spike-like, yellow and white flowerheads that rise on single stems above the surface of the water from June to September.
This plant requires very wet/boggy soil conditions or shallow water up to 3 ft. deep, in sun to part shade to thrive. In the wild, fruits and seeds are eaten by waterfowl and muskrats, but in a landscape setting they provide ample forage for flocks of songbirds.
A hard-to-find, superb native selection for your backyard pond or bog, this widely distributed aquatic perennial features stocky stems and narrow cattail-like leaves, with thrilling round, spike-like, yellow and white flowerheads that rise on single stems above the surface of the water from June to September.
This plant requires very wet/boggy soil conditions or shallow water up to 3 ft. deep, in sun to part shade to thrive. In the wild, fruits and seeds are eaten by waterfowl and muskrats, but in a landscape setting they provide ample forage for flocks of songbirds.
