Pickerelweed

This native aquatic perennial with glossy heart-shaped leaves and violet-blue flower spikes, a marginal water plant that combines ornamental presence with ecological value as a food source and habitat for aquatic insects and birds.

• Unbranched smooth flower stalks.
• Violet-blue hyacinth-like flowers appear in closely packed terminal spikes.
• Each stalk bears one leaf similar to the basal leaves.
• Produces large colonies.
• Each flower lasts for about one day.
• Foliage Height: 50 cm.
• Best in full sun to partial shade with wet soil.