The care secret that transformed my Pickerelweed

I'd had Pickerelweed for about eight months with acceptable but unremarkable results. Then I started really paying attention to removing dying foliage in autumn before it rots and reduces water quality and the difference over the next two months was dramatic.

natural filtration improving water clarity and quality became much more pronounced. The plant in a natural wildlife pond with naturalistic marginal planting now looks like a completely different specimen. overwintering dormancy in the pond bed confirmed that I'd finally unlocked what this plant can do. overrunning the pond surface in productive warm summers has been less of a problem since I got the overall conditions right. If your Pickerelweed is underwhelming, look at removing dying foliage in autumn before it rots and reduces water quality first.