Pontaderia cordata  ~  Pickerelweed - Delivered By ServeScape

Pontaderia cordata

Pickerelweed

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Pickerelweed is a vigorous deciduous herbaceous perennial native to southern wetlands.  The glossy arrow-shaped leaves rise well above the water surface and the densely packed soft blue flowers bloom on erect stems in summer through fall. Following the flowers are edible seeds with distinctive toothed ridges.  Flowers best in full sun and rich wet soils. 

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

Eastern N. to S, America; GA Native

Height: 

2’ - 4’

Spread: 

1.5’ - 2’

Spacing: 

1.5’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

3 - 7

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Blue

Season of Interest:

SummerFall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Watch for spider mites.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersWoodland GardensNaturalized AreasNative Gardens, Wildlife GardensPonds and Streams, Water Gardens, and containers. 

COMPANION PLANTS: Japanese Iris, Cardinal Flower, Swamp Sunflower

 IMAGE: Cephas, Pontederia cordata 4 PP, CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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