Purple Pickerel Weed ‘Pontederia cordata’

Marginal aquatic plant with heart shaped leaves and erect upright clusters of purple flowers.
Foliage interest
Heat tolerant
Water Plant
CHARACTERISTICS
Plant Type:  Perennial
Height Category:  Medium
Garden Height: 2 - 4 feet
Spacing:  6 - 8 Inches
Spread:  12 - 18 Inches
Foliage Color:  Green
Bloom Color: Purple
Habit:  Upright
PLANT NEEDS
Light Requirement:  Full Sun
The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Maintenance Category:  Easy
Bloom Time: June - October
Hardiness Zones:  3 — 10 
Water Category:  Aquatic
Uses: Ponds, streams, water features, bog gardens, containers
Maintenance Notes: Set plant roots in spring into mud at the margins of a pond or in containers (rich organic loams) in a water garden under 3-5” of water. Outside of containers, rhizomes can spread rapidly to form colonies under optimum growing conditions. If spread is a concern, grow plants in containers.