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CAT-TAIL -(Typha latifolia). One of the most common of all bog plants. This species, when well established, may grow a 5- to 6-foot wall of foliage, with dark-brown "tails" taller by another foot or so. Grows best in 1 to 6 inches of water, and reproduces by creeping rootstocks. Is best controlled by restricting roots in a planting container.
GRACEFUL CAT-TAIL -(T. angustifolia). Similar, but with shorter, narrower foliage, and thinner, more graceful tails.PYGMY CAT-TAIL -(T. minima). Dwarf of the family, with rushes only 12 to 18 inches, the tails not much thicker than lead pencils. A type often used in dried-flower decorations. Foliage develops well the first year, but the tails do not appear until the second year.
CREEPING PIMROSE -(Jussiaea diffusa). A fast-growing vine with waxy, deep-green, narrow, pointed leaves and many bright-yellow blooms which look like primroses. Does best in an inch or so of water, but will also grow in any saturated soil. Strong stems lie above ground or water, frequently turning up 6- to 8-inch lengths to sprout blooms and new leaves.
EGYPTAIN PAPER PLANT -(Cyperus Papyrus). A graceful species of the sedge family which produces palm-shaped tufts of thready, greenish-brown inflorescence at the ends of graceful, triangular, bending stems. Well situated, with roots under 2 to 3 inches of water and with plenty of sun, it can reach 10 to 12 feet. By pruning, it is easily kept to 4 to 6 feet. It reproduces by seed, by root division, and through small plants which sprout from the tops of the arching stems. There is a dwarf variety which grows only to 2 feet, but it is not yet commercially available on any appreciable scale.
FLOWERING-RUSH -(Butomus umbellatus). An erect plant with three-sided, sword-shaped leaves 2 to 3 feet high, much like iris. It bears funnel-shaped umbels of rose-pink blossoms at the top of long, thin sterns. It is propagated by root division, and does well in either saturated soil or an inch or so of water.
FORGET-ME-NOT - (Myosotis palustris). Aquatic variety of the old American favorite. The bright-blue florets on thin, hairlike stems become quite dense when the plant is grown in an inch or two of water. Clumps of bloom and foliage sometimes become a foot high.
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