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Typha minima
£4.50
Common Name: Dwarf Reedmace
Flowering Period: August-December
UK Native? No - Japan
Pot Size: 1.5 litre

Flowers: Aug-Dec.  Planting:  Aquatic marginal.
H - 45 cm

A dinky reed mace which is very suitable for small ponds or can be used in containerised water features. Round brown pokers, like large lollipops, appear in late summer and burst in early spring. Best planted in full sun. Easy care and not invasive. Planting depth 8cm/3”

Care and maintenance.  Remove old foliage in spring and split plants every three or four years to maintain vigour.  May be divided after flowering or collect and sow seed.

This plant was added to our catalogue on Saturday 21 February, 2004.
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Just to say thank you very much. The plants arrived - all good and healthy - lovingly packed and all present and correct. May I congratulate you on your service and the quality of your plants. A number of mail order firms send out tired plants with half the root mass as yours have - or send out tiny little specimens that dont weather the transportation nearly as well as bigger plants. Well done! MH (Mar 2011)