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Polygonaceae
Great water dock
Rumex hydrolapathum
Also known as Patience dock, Water dock, Rumex hydrolapathum, Rumex hydrolapathum var. mediterraneus
Native Plants · Aquatic · Marginal · Pond · Wetland · Dock · Perennial · Water-Garden · Wildlife · Boggy
Great water dock is a robust aquatic or marginal perennial that thrives in wet soils, pond margins, and boggy areas. Plant in full sun to partial shade and ensure the roots remain consistently wet or submerged in shallow water. It requires very little care once established and provides excellent habitat value for wildlife.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water generously; this plant thrives in saturated or boggy soil conditions · Keep consistently moist; water every 3-5 days in dry spells
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kuril Is., Netherlands
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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