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🌱 Cattail

Typha latifolia
aquatic aquatic perennial
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
aquatic (1-12 inch depth)
🗺️ Zones
[2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-7.5
🪴 Soil Type
muddy, submerged
📏 Spacing
2-3 feet
📐 Height
5-10 ft

🤝 Companions (3)

🤝 Cranberry
Traditional bog companions
🤝 Duck Potato
Shared wetland habitat
🤝 wild rice
Traditional Native American wetland polyculture; cattails at margins, wild rice in deeper water

⚠️ Keep Apart (1)

⚠️ none — but extremely aggressive spreader; contain with root barriers

📝 Growing Notes

The 'supermarket of the swamp' — every part edible. Natural water purifiers. Aggressive spreader — contain with root barriers.

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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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