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New Article by Soni Forsman
" Just Add Water"
By Soni Forsman -- previous articles under "Just Add Water" bullet above
Photos by Christina Godfrey
Mare’s Tail
Hippuris vulgaris
I asked Minnesota Water Garden Society members Jim and Sharon Kircner and Christina Godfrey to share their personal experiences with Mare’s Tail. In 2007, Jim wrote, ‘Mare’s Tail is great for streams and near the edge of the pond. It multiplies quickly but each sprout pulls out easily for thinning.’ They liked the color and texture of the plant’s foliage and that it overwintered in place. Fast forward, they still like Mare’s Tail appearance but over the years found it too invasive to maintain. Sharon writes in an email, ‘looks nice in a stream but always pulling it (out) and it goes everywhere.’ She suggests growing it in a pot.
Christina grows Mare’s Tail in a stream. She explains that all summer the rhizomes spread under the rocks where they overwinter protected by the dead plant material, snow cover and the debris that accumulates before the snow falls. She pulls extras each spring. ‘It is not a bad job because my rock layer is only two inches deep,’ writes Christina in a text. ‘It looks best in the spring and early summer. The plant will kind of die back a little in the heat of the summer but then pops new shoots in late summer. It is very easy to grow and is very winter hardy once established.’
Christina grows Mare’s Tail in a stream. She explains that all summer the rhizomes spread under the rocks where they overwinter protected by the dead plant material, snow cover and the debris that accumulates before the snow falls. She pulls extras each spring. ‘It is not a bad job because my rock layer is only two inches deep,’ writes Christina in a text. ‘It looks best in the spring and early summer. The plant will kind of die back a little in the heat of the summer but then pops new shoots in late summer. It is very easy to grow and is very winter hardy once established.’
Mare's Tail grows in a stream
Mare’s Tail does flower. MinnesotaWildflowers.info describes the flowers as tiny, oval shaped and petal-less. They sprout at the leaf nodes on emerging stems. The flowers are inconspicuous, and not all plants will flower according to a few websites. Contributors to this article report that they did not have flowers.
Mare's Tail (Hippuris vulgaris)
With its feather-like foliage, Mare’s Tail is often suggested as a native alternative to the invasive parrot’s feather Myriophyllum aquaticum.
