Rhynchospora colorata Dryopteris or in a bog

or in a bog

Clumping ones can be dug and divided into smaller clumps

Keep in mind the height increases each year as the diameter of the tubers increase

Indeed it will thrive grown in a pot submerged in water

The symmetrical 20" wide clumps are topped with lavender flowers on 18" scapes in early summer

Rhynchospora colorata Dryopteris or in a bog(syn: Dichromena colorata) From the savannah and marsh regions of coastal Virginia through Florida comes this truly bizarre member of the sedge family. The slowly spreading patches (3' wide in 2 years) of Rhynchospora colorata are composed of sedge like foliage until mid May (NC), when the 15" stalks are topped with spectacular white bracts (modified leaves) that surround the tiny flowers. While rhynchospora will prosper in all but the driest of