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Polygonaceae
Maritime dock
Rumex maritimus
Also known as Coastal dock, Shore dock, Sea dock, Rumex palustris subsp. maritimus
Native Plants · Wetland · Pond Margin · Moisture Loving · Dock · Polygonaceae · Wildflower · Fast Growing · Perennial · Coastal
Maritime dock is a fast-growing wetland perennial that thrives in moist to waterlogged soils in full sun to partial shade. It is best suited to pond margins, rain gardens, or naturally damp areas where it can spread freely. Little maintenance is required once established, though it may self-seed prolifically if seed heads are not removed.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water generously, keeping soil moist to wet; tolerates boggy conditions · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8.2
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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