Arrowhead Seeds – Sagittaria Latifolia

Description

Arrowhead Seeds (Sagittaria Latifolia) certainly are a great way to add some more pond plants to your water garden. Arrowhead is also known as common arrowhead, Broadleaf Arrowhead Sagittaria Latifolia as well as Duck Potato. It’s also often referred to as Duck Potato as the ducks like to eat the growing tubers. The Arrowhead has arrowhead-shaped leaves and produces white three-petaled flowers. Furthermore they make a beautiful additions to your water garden plants for your pond.


Common name: Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato
Scientific name: Sagittaria Latifolia
Bloom time: Summer, early fall
Full Sun to Part Shade
Growth 24”-30” tall
Depth: 0”-6”
Zones 4-9
Stratification: Cold/Wet 8 Weeks Perennial

Germination:

Cold stratify for 8 weeks. You can do it naturally by planting your arrowhead seeds outdoors in late fall. Simply press the seeds into the surface of the soil. You can also do so by placing them in your fridge which stimulates winter. In order for the seeds to germinate cold stratification is needed to break dormancy and furthermore the soil needs to be continuously wet, even muddy. If you plant your arrowhead seeds outdoors they usually germinate a year after planting.

Growing Sweet Flag Seeds

Lastly as your arrowhead plants begin to grow after they’ve germinated, keep the soil consistently saturated. Furthermore as the plants continue to grow you can gradually increase the water depth by lowering your arrowhead plants deeper in the pond. Arrowhead do well at the waters edge or in the pond 10” to 12” deep.

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