Flowering rush
Butomus umbellatus
In Dutch: Zwanenbloem
Water & marginal plantsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.3 to 1.5 m
- Spread
- 0.1 to 0.5 m
- Full grown after
- 2 to 5 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Nutrient-rich mud in shallow water
- Water
- Plenty: the base stands under water
- Maintenance
- Low: remove old leaves once a year
- Flowers
- June to September, light pink
- For bees
- Yes: the flowers give nectar and pollen, June to September
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No: no hazards are known
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €4.95 to €4.99 per plant, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- About €8.50 to €23.75 per pond basket, the dearest with 4 plants
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- June to September
- Fruit
- August to September