Thalia

Thalia - T. dealbata is one of the most stately of water-side plants. Its glaucous foliage and elegant panicles of purple flowers are welcome along the margins of shallow ponds or streams, and it is hardy in sheltered places. It is best grown in pots or tubs pierced with holes, in a mixture of stiff peat and clayey soil, and river mud and sand. The plant thrives only in warm places in the southern counties S. Carolina. Division.