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Graceful Cattail
Typha angustifolia


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A smaller version of our popular Cattail rush, this variety blends perfectly with the taller plants along the banks of your pond. It provides a perfect fish spawning ground and shelter as well as a multitude of velvety cocoa blooms for floral arrangements. Narrow, pine green leaves contribute the final touch. The Graceful Cattail will reach two or three feet in height and fits well into most waterscapes. (Deciduous)
H158 - $14.99

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H159 - for 3 - $35.99

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Hair Grass


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Trailing roots sprout tufts of rush type, lime leaves two to 12 inches long to drape your pond with loveliness. Native to Europe, Asia and North America, Hair Grass produces coffee colored flower spikelets in summer and autumn when planted in damp soil. Frequently you’ll see miniature pinecone appearing crests at the top. An evergreen, Hair Grass is a favorite spawning ground for fish. It looks great nestled around the rocks at your pond edge, too. (Evergreen)
H160 - $11.99

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H161 - for 3 - $29.99

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Horsetail Rush


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This exotic rush lends a tropical air to your waterscape. Tall, thin, hollow, jointed stems rise up to four feet high, staying green year-round. Although the Equisetum is without true leaves, you’ll occasionally notice slender branches extending from its joints, sometimes bearing cones. Easy and quick to grow, the plant has creeping rootstocks to hold watery banks firm. (Evergreen)
H156 - $9.99

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H157 - for 3 - $25.99

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Japanese Arrowhead
Sagittari Japonica


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It’s not hard to see how this perennial got its common name. All you have to do is examine a green leaf. Its three highly defined grass-green points look like an arrowhead. During the summer you’ll be further intrigued by this unique plant for it produces numerous tiny, three-petaled, mild-white blossoms accented with banana yellow centers and soft rose around the lower part of the blooms. Found in shallow ponds, rice fields and along streams in most areas of the world, the Japanese Arrowhead thrives in wet soil or in water not deeper than six inches. It rarely gets taller than three feet. (Deciduous)
H162 - $12.99

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H163 - for 3 - $31.99

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Miniature Papyrus


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You won’t be able to manufacture your own paper from this dwarf version of the famed Egyptian papyrus, but you will enjoy its ornamental appearance all year in your pond or in flower arrangements. Rising from masses of winding roots, clumps of leaf wrapped bright green stems display circular clusters of sepals and spikelets of flowers. The flowers, which turn from pale chartreuse to tan, end in 12 to 18 inch rays resembling delicate threads. This sedge plant grows profusely in sun or partial shade in warm climates. (Evergreen)
T120 - $15.99

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T121 - for 3 - $38.99

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Purple Water Canna


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A tall graceful plant with leaves similar to a canna, leaves maroon at the base. Purple flowers on tall, arching stems, with silver dust.
H338 - $9.99

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H339 - for 3 - $23.99

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