Rice as an aquatic plant?

[Roy]

Has anyone planted or used rice for an aquatic plant.........I was
thinking of planting some along the edges of my pond as a substitute
for cat tails etc, just to see how it looked and propagated.
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[Gary Woods]

(Roy) wrote:

>Has anyone planted or used rice for an aquatic plant.........I was
>thinking of planting some along the edges of my pond as a substitute
>for cat tails etc, just to see how it looked and propagated.

Depending on your location, I'm guessing that you mean "wild rice," which
is indeed an aquatic grain. I got a few bundles of plants from a nursery
in western Massachusetts, and they have done nicely in the margins of an
earth pond. A few pix here:

http://home.earthlink.net/%7Egarygarlicweb3/images/pond/index.htm

Hopefully it will drop enough mature seeds in the water to produce more
plants next year; wild rice grows in pretty cold climates, so I should be
OK weather wise in upstate NY.

It's a pretty plant; reminds me of some of those Japanese brush and ink
drawings.


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