Pontederia cordata Pickerel weed

Pontederia cordata Pickerel weed

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Description

Heart-shaped green leaves with clusters of blue flowers borne on a spike. A tall late flowering structural plant. It is free flowering and slowly grows into a large clump.

Repotting or planting

9cm marginal plants require potting into a larger mesh basket. Place in a pond no deeper than 1/3 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish. 1ltr marginal plants do not require repotting, place in pond no deeper than 1/2 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish. 3ltr and 5ltr plants do not require repotting, as they are larger more established plants they can be placed up to the maximum recommended depth. There is no need to remove the mesh basket.

Care instructions

Trim just above the water surface in Autumn or enjoy the seed heads all winter and trim just before the new growth in spring.

Colour

Blue

Growth rate

Medium

Flowers

Jul-Sept

Sun/shade

Full sun to Part shade

Season

Spring, Summer, Autumn

Measurements in centimetres

Height Min –Max

70-90

Depth Min-Max

1-20

PLANT TYPE

Marginal

FLOWER COLOUR

Blue

SUN/SHADE

Full sun to part shade

SEASON

Spring, Summer, Autumn

HEIGHT MIN

70

HEIGHT MAX

90

DEPTH MIN

1

DEPTH MAX

20

SPREAD MIN

0

SPREAD MAX

0

FLOWER TIME

Jul to Sep

POT SIZE

1 Litre, 1 Litre (pack of 3), 10 No. Plugs Bare Root, 3 Litres, 3 No. Medium Bare Root, 3 No. Small Bare Root, 9 cm (pack of 3), 9cm, Large Bare Root, Medium Bare Root, Plug Bare Root, Small Bare Root