ZONE:
4
COLOUR:
Violet
HEIGHT:
40-50 cm
SPREAD:
60-80 cm
ZONE:
4
COLOUR:
Violet
HEIGHT:
40-50 cm
SPREAD:
60-80 cm
Grows best in full to partial sun, in shallow water or a wet, mucky soil. Pickerelweed is an emergent aquatic plant that doesn't like to dry out. Grow at the margins of ponds with a water depth of 15 cm.
Native to Ontario
Seeds are edible and can be added to granola cereals
Fish (pickerel) seek cover throughout the clumps, hence the common name Pickerel-weed