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Re: Rampant iris? False alarm. / aquatics

I had fountain grass growing on the edge of my small pond many years ago. One day I noticed a small grassy seedling in the pond, so I assumed it was a fountain grass volunteer and I potted it up. But unless I flooded it with water twice a day, it wilted terribly. Finally I stopped fighting with it and let it die. When I found more of them growing, I realized they were cattails blown in from the nearby wetlands! No need to propagate those... 
Monica
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alyce Elliott" <aete@northnet.org> 
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: Rampant iris? False alarm. / aquatics
Many aquatics and bog plants require constant weeding in a pond; cattails are one of them. I have never 'invited' them but the seeds blow over the hill from the spring and take root in the pond, keeping us (I mean, me) busy evicting them. Floating yellow hearts and wild water lilies are impossible to eradicate from a large pond because they take root at greater dephs making them impossible to get at. No wonder the man up the road with the huge farm pond said, "Sure, take as many as you like." 

Alyce Elliott
Northern New York zone 4

At 01:31 PM 8/19/2008, you wrote:
The cattails should be an asset in a native planting. If they get too enthusiatic just dig the extra out. There will always be someone that needs the cattails for a low damp ditch. The red wing black bird love the seed heads too. Nancy Robinson Tennessee I would love the little cattail for a small pond. 
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