Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Shallow standing water
Mature size
1.5–2.5 m
First harvest
Spikes at month five
Family
Typhaceae
Where it grows
Garden / ground
Good for
Biodiversity
Sow in
Monsoon
Care
Spreads by rhizome — a pond plant, never a bed plant.
Brown flower spikes over strap leaves; the reed that cleans a village pond.
Growing it
Spreads by rhizome — a pond plant, never a bed plant.
What it is for
Water purification, mat weaving, and nesting cover for warblers.