Cyperaceae
Great bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Also known as Scirpus lacustris f. pictus, Broadleaf cattail, Scirpus lacustris f. glaucus, Hymenochaeta tabernaemontani
Native Plants · Aquatic · Wetland · Pond Plant · Bulrush · Cyperaceae · Marginal Plant · Water Garden · Fast Growing · Wildlife Habitat · Sedge
Great bulrush is a robust aquatic perennial ideal for pond margins, rain gardens, and wetland restoration projects. It requires consistently wet to submerged conditions and full sun to partial shade. Plant in contained pond baskets to prevent aggressive spreading in smaller water features.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Maintain standing water or saturated soil at all times — this plant thrives in aquatic or boggy conditions · Keep consistently wet or submerged
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.4–7.5
- Temperature
- -35°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Division
Hardiness
USDA 3b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 2 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda
- Attracts
- Birds, Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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