Re: var. cattail was: Japonica Water Gardens Nursery

I do grow my dwarf cattails in a container.  I put them in an ice cream
bucket.  I do have to divide them every other year.  Usually winters in
northeast Nebraska are cold enough that we do not leave water or water
plants in our concrete pool.

Gail Korn
Wayne, Nebr. Zone 4 At 06:43 PM 1/15/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Donna, Cattails WILL grow in containers. I remember that Ezra Haggard,
>PERENNIALS FOR THE LOWER MIDWEST, writes about cattails. I'll have to look
>it up to get the details, but he says they work well planted in plastic
>horse watering containers (Ezra is from Lexington, and horses are big down
>there). If you like, I'll look it up and see what he says specifically, or
>do you have access to the book? I guess you are not Lower Midwest but it
>should still work.
>
>Bobbi Diehl
>Bloomington, IN
>zone 5/6
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