Zizania — 2 species
Botanical species in the genus Zizania recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Zizania aquatica
Zizania aquatica
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Easily grown in water up to 60cm deep, it tolerates water up to 1 metre deep though it prefers growing in water 10 - 20cm deep. It dislikes stagnant water. A very ornamental plant, it grows, flowers and fruits well in the lake and lily pond at Kew.
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Zizania latifolia
Zizania latifolia
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
A marsh or water plant requiring shallow stagnant or slowly flowing water, it is easily grown in most soils in a sunny position. Prefers a slightly acidic clay-loam soil. One report suggests that the plant is in hardiness zone 9 (only tolerating light frosts) but this is rather questionable, there are several reports of the plant being perfectly hardy in Britain, though it does not usually flower in this country.
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