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Sagittaria australis 'Benni' |
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| Common name |
silk stockings; Appalachian arrowhead |
| Family |
alismataceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-10) |
| Flowers |
white (summer) |
| Size |
18" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
wet soil |
From seed  |
has self-seeded in our pond
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The main attraction of this pond-edge perennial is the purple-tinged arrow-shaped foliage. The flowers are nice too, but they only appear for a short period in mid-summer. We got our plant years ago – I'm not sure if our current plant is the same one, or offspring from seed dispersed in late summer. Many a year, I've thought that the plant was lost, since it returns so late from its cold-season sleep. In fact, in the photo at top left, it returned in a pot I had already put to other use, to house seedlings of Symphyotrichum that I had grown that year.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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