Broadleaf Cattail
Typha latifolia
Water plant2.5×3 mzone 3–10light shade🍎 Edible
Profile
- Family
- Typhaceae
- Habit
- Water plant
- Height
- 2.5 m
- Spread
- 3 m
- Growth
- very fast
- Lifespan
- 20 years
- First yield
- after 2 years
- Hardiness
- zone 3–10
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Soil
- Sand, Silt, Clay
- Soil moisture
- very wet – in water
- pH
- 5 – 8
Flowering & harvest
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Uses
Growing
Full sun in wet soil or shallow water at the pond margin. Very vigorous and spreads by runners, so plant in baskets or contain its spread.
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