If you had to do it again, would you still plant at 8 foot centers? Have you ever tried any of the Sagittaria family?
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Full Circle, I had to look up Sasrittaria and I see there are more then one family of them. If this is one you are thinking of, it seems to be on the endangered list. But in a protected pond they might be OK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittaria_secundifolia Just from my experience with the Corkscrew so far I wouldn't plant any closer then 8 feet apart since it looks like they are great spreader and should be even better next year. I didn't have enough plants to go all the way around my pond but with the roughly 50 plants the were about to go dry & I just transplanted I was able to mostly circle the pond.
The reason I got interested in the Corkscrew is a couple of guys on the forum thought it was the best of water plants. Perhaps they or anyone that has experience with this plant (Vallisneria, Corkscrew (Vallisneria americana var. biwaensis) could describe their experiences. So far this plant seems to good to be true.
Retirement is as much or more fun then when I was a kid.
