Arrowhead

These leaves get quite large,and very pretty addition to the bog garden.

Arrowhead is my favorite marginal to grow in a water garden. I love the huge leaves and it looks so tropical even here in Michigan. Nice pic.

Anne

Thanks Anne,first time with these ,are these hardy that far north?

Hi,

They are hardy to zone 4.

Native Americans used the edible roots,ground and used as a tea for indigestion; the ground roots were also used in poultices for wounds and sores; a tea made from the leaves was used as relief from rheumatism.

Wolfgang

I love those leaves! I just pulled out a bunch of bogbean because it wasn't really 'lighting my fire' so to speak. Now I have room for some Arrowhead! Does it bloom?

I was watching a gardening show the other day ("smart gardening") and they said that the women of the tribe used their toes to harvest the tubers. The indians had another name for the arrowhead, which I think they translated loosely as 'picked by women's toes'. (I'm not kidding!)

I have some type of Arrowhead that had multiple bloom spikes this summer. Nothing spectacular, but pretty enough all the same. Small, white flowers of 5 petals with a single purple dot in the center of the top petal (the one pointing up). It popped up from a pot of Parotts Feather that my wife bought this spring.

Wow what a lot of good info,thanks guys,thats what Daves Gardening is all abiut sharing the great information,so everyone can know.

Yes, it blooms, but the foliage is the real show. I saw one about a year ago that has foliage that turns purple, and thats even prettier. I gotta find that one.
Anne

Wow me too!

Update ... the second flower spike contained flowers that had reddish/purple dots towards the center of all five flower petals. Removed it from the pot of Parrot's Feather and gave it its own home, finally.