Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun to part shade
Water
Standing water
Mature size
60–120 cm
First harvest
Full clump in one season
Family
Cyperaceae
Where it grows
Garden / ground, Terrace / rooftop
Good for
Biodiversity, Flowers & beauty
Sow in
Monsoon
Care
Divide the clump each spring or it fills the tub.
Spokes of leaf on a green stem — the marginal plant that makes a tub read as a pond.
Growing it
Divide the clump each spring or it fills the tub.
What it is for
Pond margins; dragonfly perches; filters the water.