Planting Saururus Cernuus (Lizard's Tail)

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Last year I planted Lizard's Tail about 1" below the surface of the water. Would it do better only having it's roots wet and actually have the stem above water or leave it 1" below the surface?
 
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Did your plants grow well as shallowly emergent aquatic plants?
I've grown Lizard-tal (Saururus cernuus) as bog plants and they did well.
 
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It should be fine with being planted 1" below the surface. Give it a season or two. Lizard tail takes a couple of growing seasons to really take off, but once it does.... it's unstoppable! It's fine with anything from damp soil to several inches of water over its crown. Mine runs & pops up in areas where it's 12" deep or more, so don't worry about it quite yet, if it's only been a year.
 
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It will fill any size container you put it in, so use whatever diameter you'd like it to end up. Mine is planted directly in the gravel on a shelf, not in a container, so I just let it run until it gets beyond where I want it & then I go in & start yanking.
 
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Lizard-tail (Saururus cernuus) can grow in bogs with it's rhizomes above the water level, as long as roots are able to reach into saturated soil below.
 
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I don't know that you needed a new thread for each plant- but I'll say it again...skip the pot. Naturalize your plants and they will grow where it best suits them.
 

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Mine are under water 6 inches , above water , water level , it just grows.
 
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Since I don't have a gravel/rock bottom or selves in the pond they must be planted in a pot. I'm having an issue now where the roots hit the edge of the container and grew up into the air. Based on the comments here I think that might just be an issue with these guys regardless of pot size since they sound like the like to send out runners. I think I might just do some trimming and call it a day on these fellas.

Thank you again to all who replied!
 
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I have shelves, but they just have pond liner on them... no rock or gravel there to support plants which is why I need the pots.

 
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You can let the plants stolons (runners) grow into the water. There is no need to cut them off. Even if they grow up into the air for a bit they will eventually bend over into/onto the water or soil.
 

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