About
Orontium aquaticum, the golden club, is a marginal aquatic perennial with glaucous leaves to 25 cm long and slender, white flowering spadices to 15 cm tipped with bright-yellow flowers in spring and early summer. A beautiful and distinctive marginal plant for the shallow edges of ponds and streams.
About the genus
Orontium are rhizomatous aquatic perennials with oblong-elliptic, glaucous leaves and slim, white spadices tipped with bright-yellow flowers in spring and summer. Grown in the shallow margins of ponds and streams.
Growing conditions
SunlightFull sun
Soil typeClay, Loam
Soil pHAcid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil moisturePoorly-drained
AspectSouth-facing, West-facing
ExposureExposed, Sheltered
UK hardinessH5
Plant details
Plant typeAquatic
HabitClump forming, Submerged
FoliageDeciduous
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.5-1 metres
Time to full height5-10 years
Suggested usesPonds, water features, bog gardens.
Native toE USA
Care notes
CultivationGrow in deep mud at pool margins or in loam filled baskets in water no more than 60cm deep, in full sun. Short-lived flower spikes should be removed as they fade. See pond plants for further advice
PruningDeadhead and remove yellow leaves regularly
PropagationPropagate by division of rhizomes in spring, or by seed sown in very shallow water as soon as ripe
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-free