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Cattails

Cattails at the ponds edgeCattails are a must for any water garden and will grow in damp soil at the edge of your pond, or you may wish to pot it and submerge it in up to 2 feet of water. They add early spring excitement to your garden and are a favorite of kids! They add interest and beauty to flower arrangements and may be dried and enjoyed year round. If space is a problem choose the dwarf varieties of cattails. Left unchecked they can become invasive in boggy soils. Keep the roots from freezing, and they will come back year after year.

Cattails give a pleasing, natural effect to the ponds edge. Because the non-dwarf variety can get up to 10 feet tall I use the dwarf variety in my pond. I trimmed down 5 f gallon buckets (I didn’t need them that tall, I cut them so they are about half as tall as they were). I placed rocks over the drainage holes, put a chunk of Jobs tree spike fertilizer, filled the buckets halfway with garden soil, added the plants and covered the soil with gravel. I submerged these in 10 inches of water (about 4 inches over the pot’s edge) and placed them on the back side of the pond. I mixed a few siberian iris with them and I love the look.The frogs love my little cattail area and they grow tall enough to cover some problems I have with my liner being exposed. It certainly reduces and softens the “rock necklace” effect of the typical backyard pond.

Zones 3-10   Cattails love it hot and sunny.

3-young-cattail-aquatic-plants-water-koi-fish-pond 3 young Cattail aquatic plants water Koi fish pond
US $3.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Saturday Jul-05-2008 7:38:22 PDT
narrow-leaved-cattail-shallow-bog-aquatic-pond-plant NARROW LEAVED CATTAIL,SHALLOW,BOG,AQUATIC,POND,PLANT
US $8.99
End Date: Saturday Jul-05-2008 17:07:02 PDT
3-narrowleaf-cattail-water-plants marginal pond bog 3 NARROWLEAF CATTAIL WATER PLANTS/MARGINAL/POND/BOG
US $5.99
End Date: Saturday Jul-05-2008 17:11:38 PDT
variegated-cattail-koi-aquatic-water-pond-garden-plant VARIEGATED CATTAIL,KOI,AQUATIC,WATER,POND,GARDEN,PLANT
US $8.99
End Date: Saturday Jul-05-2008 18:45:02 PDT
dwarf-cattail-shallow-bog-aquatic-water-pond-plant DWARF CATTAIL,SHALLOW,BOG,AQUATIC,WATER,POND,PLANT
US $8.99
End Date: Saturday Jul-05-2008 19:09:55 PDT
veragated-cattail-koi-goldfish-aquatic-water-pond-plant VERAGATED CATTAIL,KOI,GOLDFISH,AQUATIC,WATER,POND,PLANT
US $8.99
End Date: Sunday Jul-06-2008 7:03:00 PDT
36-graceful-&-delicate-true-mini-cattails-**rare** 36" GRACEFUL & DELICATE TRUE MINI CATTAILS **RARE**
US $5.25
End Date: Sunday Jul-06-2008 10:13:42 PDT
miniature-cattail-koi-goldfish-aquatic-water-pond-plant MINIATURE CATTAIL,KOI,GOLDFISH,AQUATIC,WATER,POND,PLANT
US $8.99
End Date: Sunday Jul-06-2008 10:45:26 PDT
cattail-variegated-typha-latifolia-pond-plants-shade CATTAIL variegated Typha latifolia pond plants SHADE
US $14.98
End Date: Sunday Jul-06-2008 15:47:41 PDT
3-young-cattail-aquatic-plants-water-koi-fish-pond 3 young Cattail aquatic plants water Koi fish pond
US $3.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Sunday Jul-06-2008 19:07:07 PDT
aquatic-small-cattail-pond-plants Aquatic Small Cattail Pond Plants
US $2.99 (1 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Jul-08-2008 2:46:34 PDT
pond-plant-cattail-one1-plant POND PLANT CATTAIL ONE(1) PLANT
US $4.99
End Date: Tuesday Jul-08-2008 6:47:10 PDT
broadleaf-cattail--seeds---typha--latifolia- BROADLEAF CATTAIL SEEDS ( TYPHA LATIFOLIA )
US $3.33 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Jul-08-2008 8:13:55 PDT
narrowleaf-cattail--seeds---typha--augustifolia- NARROWLEAF CATTAIL SEEDS ( TYPHA AUGUSTIFOLIA )
US $3.33 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Jul-08-2008 8:14:29 PDT
umbrella-palm--cyperus---wild-spike-- UMBRELLA PALM ( CYPERUS ) "WILD SPIKE"
US $3.25 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Jul-08-2008 8:23:59 PDT
3-young-cattail-aquatic-plants-water-koi-fish-pond 3 young Cattail aquatic plants water Koi fish pond
US $3.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Jul-08-2008 13:03:12 PDT
dwarf-cattail-plant-seeds---typha-laxamanni- DWARF CATTAIL PLANT SEEDS ( TYPHA LAXAMANNI )
US $3.33 (1 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Jul-08-2008 15:13:56 PDT
graceful-cattails--water-hyacinth-plus-pickerel Graceful Cattails, Water Hyacinth PLUS Pickerel
US $9.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Wednesday Jul-09-2008 13:46:17 PDT
cattail-variegated-typha-latifolia-pond-plants-shade CATTAIL variegated Typha latifolia pond plants SHADE
US $14.98
End Date: Friday Jul-11-2008 5:53:17 PDT
3-young-cattail-aquatic-plants-water-koi-fish-pond 3 young Cattail aquatic plants water Koi fish pond
US $3.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jul-11-2008 10:05:00 PDT
joey-tomocik-yellow-hardy-water-lily-for-large-ponds JOEY TOMOCIK yellow hardy water lily for large ponds
US $16.50
End Date: Friday Jul-11-2008 17:35:09 PDT
lemon-chiffon-yellow-hardy-water-lily LEMON CHIFFON yellow hardy water lily
US $16.50
End Date: Friday Jul-11-2008 17:35:26 PDT
mangkala-ubol-peach-hardy-water-lily--large MANGKALA UBOL peach hardy water lily- large
US $16.50
End Date: Friday Jul-11-2008 17:35:40 PDT
peach-glow-peach-hardy-water-lily PEACH GLOW peach hardy water lily
US $16.50
End Date: Friday Jul-11-2008 17:36:51 PDT

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