Lizard’s-Tail (Swamp Lily, Water‑Dragon)
Saururus cernuus. SAURURACEAE.
Planting and Growing Lizard’s-Tail
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow lizard’s-tail in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of lizard’s-tail
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for lizard’s-tail
- Season of bloom and planting time for lizard’s-tail
- When, how deep, and where to plant lizard’s-tail
- How to plant lizard’s-tail
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of lizard’s-tail
- Landscape and container uses of lizard’s-tail
- Comments about lizard’s-tail and its features
Growing Lizard’s-Tail
Several cultivars of mounding, creeping, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial herbs, 40–60 in. (1–1.5 m) long. Fragrant, fuzzy becoming smooth, bright green, heart-shaped, pointed, veined leaves, to 6 in. (15 cm) long, on red stems.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Showy, creamy white, pipe-cleaner-like, waxy, fragrant flowers, 4–6 in. (10–15 cm) long, in tail-like spikes curling at their tips, in summer.
Best Climates
Hardy. Zones 4–9.
Soil Type and Fertility
Wet to moist loam or, in water features, shallow-depth marginal or shoreline sites. Fertility: Average. 6.0–8.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun to full shade, 8 in. (20 cm) apart, or submerged 2–6 in. (50–150 mm).
Proper Care
Easy. Keep moist to wet. Propagate by cuttings, division, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for accents, edgings, massed plantings in bog, natural, shade, woodland gardens and water feature margins. Pest and disease resistant.