Bend a stem over and partially bury it. It will produce new plants from the leaf nodes . Uncommon along waterways throughout the state of Texas except in the Valley. It is found in wet shady areas throughout most of the U.S. Wildlife needs shelter, food and water to survive. Many people are helping wildlife by supplying them with the things they need.
Ponds help provide water for many kinds of wildlife.
The wet areas around ponds are good for moisture loving plants such as cardinal flowers, spider lilies, buttonbush and others. Wildlife use these plants for food and cover. Cardinal flowers grow tallest and flower best in wet, partially sunny areas. Cardinal flowers time their blooms with the fall migration of hummingbirds, their chief pollinator . In the winter they die back to a circular ring of leaves called a basal rosette.