Pickerel Weed is an aquatic plant with beautiful, intense lilac-blue flowers heads above narrow arrow-shaped, light green leaves. It is native of shallow waters throughout North and South America. Easily cultivated in a humus rich soil at the edge of a pond or in waterfilled pots.
Sow seeds on receipt flat in any humus rich soil. Keep soil always completely wet and pots in a sunny, protected spot outside. Transplant as soon as seedlings are strong enough. Pontederia cordara is very fast growing and if sowed in mid spring it may flower in summer already.
All are USDA Climate Zone 6.
20 seeds per package.
Pontederia (Pickerel Weed)
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Pontederia cordata (Pickerel Weed)
20 (40)cm, Pickerel Weed is an aquatic perennial with broad arrow-shaped leaves and a terminal dense spike with showy bright blue flowers. Native of wetlands and in shallow fresh water from the USA (Minnesota and Nova Scotia, southward to Texas and Florida) to South America (Argentina). Easily cultivated in any humus rich soil always saturated with water or at the edge of a pond or watercourse. Will grow well in large plastic pots filled with humus rich soil topped by some 10cm of water: create your own small pond on a terrace or balcony ! V-VI.
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