"FireBrick" wrote in message
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hopefully you know what we in midwest call cattails.
usually in wet grounds, river banks etc.
They grow tall, leafy with brown 'seed?' pods and feathery tips.

There is a large growth near me, in a drainage culvert.

Can these be transplanted into a small garden of native grasses I have?
I know the area would need a LOT of watering but would not have any
standing water.
Just constant irrigation.


If you think I could keep these prospering, can I dig up the roots?
Probably keep as much as the earth around the roots as possible?
would spring or fall be a better time?
What do you think.

FireBrick,
I have successfully transplanted cat tails from one wet area in a pasture to
another. Both areas are damp to soaking in the spring, but by late fall,
the areas are dry to parched. I think if you keep the roots damp until the
plants are established, (one season) you will be successful. These tend to
be aggressive, once established.

John