20 GIANT BUR REED Sparganium Eurycarpum Wetland White Flower Seeds

Description:
Name: Giant Bur Reed
Other common names: Great Bur-Reed – Broadfruit Bur-Reed
Scientific name: Sparganium Eurycarpum
Color: Green & White
Plant seeds: Direct sow or stratify
Bloom time: June – Aug
Hardiness zone: 5 – 9
Plant height: 36 – 48″
Plant spacing: 18 – 24″
Light requirements: Sun
Soil & water preferences: Wet
Quantity: 20 seeds
Other: The Giant Bur Reed features grass-like leaves, although it is a flowering plant and not a grass. Its flowers start as numerous lime green to yellow balls along the stalks, blooming for 2 – 3 weeks into fuzzy white flowers. These then transform into large 1″ mace or bur-shaped seed heads, characteristic of this plant. In late season, these green spike balls turn brown. Thriving in wet soil, the Giant Bur Reed is ideal for wetlands, swamps, marshes, flood plains, or pond edges. Its large seeds serve as a source of winter food for water birds like ducks, while muskrats enjoy eating the rhizomes.