Tropical Marginal Plants
- Hardiness: Zones 7-11
- Height: 4 to 6
- Flower: N/A
- Foliage: N/A
- Comments: Can be grown in up to 6 inches of water during the summer; gradually introduce to aquatic life; full sun in 5 gallon pot; rich soil; remove from water garden in fall and store rhizomes indoors
- Cultivars/Species: Ra (yellow); Taney (burnt orange; white edged leaves); Endeavor (red, purple brown edged leaves); Erebus (salmon pink)
- Hardiness: Zones 7-11
- Height: 4 to 6 feet
- Flower: N/A
- Foliage: N/A
- Comments: Can be grown in up to 6 inches of water during the summer; gradually introduce to aquatic life; full sun in 5 gallon pot; rich soil; remove from water garden in fall and store rhizomes indoors
- Cultivars/Species: Bengal Tiger (orange flowers; yellow striped leaves)
- Hardiness: Zones 5-11
- Height: 6 feet
- Flower: Small violet flowers on 8 inch panicle carried high above the foliage
- Foliage: Thick ovate to lancelolate blue green leaves dusted with white powder; edged in purple
- Comments: Plant in 12 to 18 inches of water over the crown; plant in 5 to 20 gallon tubs
- Grow in full sun to part shade
- Cultivars/Species: N/A
- Hardiness: Zone 9; normally grown as a container plant
- Height: 12 to 36 inches
- Flower: Flat, leaf like bract produce at top of stem; rays radiate stiffly from the center
- Foliage: Leafless stem topped with spiral of dark green pendulous leaves and greenish brown flower spikelets
- Comments: Light to partial shade; can be used in water gardens or as a houseplant; keep moist or grow in
- standing water; spreads by rhizomes but is easy to manage
- Cultivars/Species: N/A
- Hardiness: Zones 9-10; normally grown as a container plant
- Height: 10 to 15 feet
- Flower: Large, onion like 1 foot inflerences in summer; long bracts form arching sprays
- Foliage: Produces strong leafless stem
- Comments: Sun to partial shade; can be used in water gardens or as a houseplant; keep moist or grow in
- standing water; spreads by rhizomes; plant in 20 gallon pot
- Cultivars/Species: N/A
- Hardiness: Zones 7-11; normally grown as a container plant
- Height: 18 to 36 inches
- Flower: Flat, leaf like bract produced at top of stem
- Foliage: Leafless stem toped with spiral of dark green leaves
- Comments: Sun or light shade; can be used in water gardens or as a houseplant (container on tray of water);
- keep moist or grow in standing water; prefers fertile soil; sun and wind can brown the bracts; plant in 2 to 5 gallon pot; grow with 1 to 6 inches of water covering the crown
- Cultivars/Species: Variegatus (white striped leaves, bracts, and stems); Gracilis ( compact; 18”); Nana (dwarf)
