Planting Instructions:

Step 1

Choose a sunny or partially shady location
that is moderately moist.

edges, marshes and wetlands are ideal
growing locations for cattails. They grow easily in standing water as well.

Step 2

Fill a container approximately half full with potting soil. Place one cattail plant in each container so that it is growing
at approximately the same depth as it was in the temporary container. Add more
soil to the containers to finish planting the cattails in the containers.

Step 3

Dig holes for the containers so
that the rims of the containers will be approximately ½ inch below the surface
of the soil. Space holes for the containers 1 to 2 inches apart.

Step 4

Plant the cattail plants in the containers in
the prepared holes so that the containers are below the soil. The moisture of the growing area makes watering unnecessary.

Step 5

Perform no other care or
maintenance for the cattail plants. They do not require watering or
fertilization.

Step 6

Watch the cattail plants in
the last half of the summer and remove the brown cattail heads while they are
still brown prior to the heads exploding with seeds. Clip the brown heads off
with the pruning shears to minimize the spread of the cattail plants. Some seed
spread will be unavoidable, but you can minimize it using this method