Zones 4-11
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Description
Marestail (also mare's tail and mare's-tail)
Feathery Mare's tail is a native substitute for the aggressive Parrot Feather, which is banned in many states. It has the appearance of a pleasant green bottlebrush and grows upright in patches.
Mare's Tail is an oxygenating aquatic plant. It has stems cladded with whorls of linear, blue-green foliage and some are submerged, whilst some are massed in an upright habit above the water surface. It provides useful cover for small fish and other pond wildlife.
- Color: Lime Green
- Sun Light: Full Sun/Partial Shade
- Zone: Z2- Z6
- Flowers: Buff green flowers can be found in each upper leaf axil June-August typically
- Spread: Spreads by creeping rhizomes
- Growth: fast
- Depth: In water 3" to 7" deep
- Height: 2" to 24"
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