Light
Full sun; tolerates partial sun.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
Aquatic & pond plants · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
An emergent aquatic perennial with upright heart-shaped leaves and lavender-blue flower spikes in summer. Rhizomes form spreading colonies.
A space where it can thrive
Outdoor growing guide. Match the plant label and adjust care for your Metro Vancouver site and season.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Keep roots submerged or continuously saturated in shallow freshwater, with leaves above water.
Soil & drainage
Rich loamy aquatic planting medium in a contained pond basket.
Fertilizer
Avoid routine feeding that promotes algae.
Temperature
Outdoor aquatic perennial; protect the root zone from severe freezing in shallow containers.
Humidity
Pond conditions; no misting routine is needed.
Planting
Use a contained water garden; freshwater depth up to about 30 cm suits established plants.
Through the seasons
Maintain shallow water throughout the year. Contain and divide crowded rhizomes as needed.
When your plant needs help
- Wilting in a dry bowl: restore water around the roots.
- Crowded rhizomes: divide and contain.
Pets & little ones
This guide is ornamental, not an edible-plant identification guide.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.