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Useful List Of Aquatic Plants ... With Seasonal Flowers
In Spring or Autumn
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Usage |
Latin Name |
Common Name |
Light Preference |
Flowering time |
Pink |
White |
Red |
Lilac |
Yellow |
Blue |
Variety |
Height (max) at Maturity
in Feet |
Water depth Inches |
|
Bog Pond Edge |
Trollius Europaeus |
Globeflower |
All areas |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Marginal |
Callitriche palustris |
Water Starwort |
All Areas |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to surface |
1 to 2 feet |
|
Marginal |
Ligularia tangutica |
Golden Rays |
All Areas |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
|
|
y |
|
|
4 |
very shallow |
|
Bog Pond Edge |
Dianthus Superbus |
Pinks |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Bog Pond Edge |
Myosotis Palustris |
Marsh Forget - Me - Not |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
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|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
Bog Pond Edge |
Stachys Palustris |
Marsh Woundwort |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Water Lily |
Nymphaea alba |
White Water Lily |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
to surface |
more than 1 foot |
|
Water Lily |
Nymphaea spp. |
Fast - Growing Water |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
to surface |
2 to 3 feet |
|
Water Lily |
Nymphaea spp. |
Very Fast - Growing
|
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
to surface |
more than 3 feet |
|
Water Lily |
Nymphaea spp. |
Dwarf Water Lilies |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
to surface |
up to 1 ft |
|
Water Lily |
Nymphaea spp. |
Medium - Fast - Growing |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
to surface |
1 to 2 feet |
|
Marginal |
Polygonum amphibium |
Amphibious Bistort |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
up to 1 ft |
|
Marginal |
Saururus cernuus |
Lizard's Tail |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
y |
|
|
|
|
|
3.3 |
up to 1 ft |
|
Marginal |
Trapa natans |
Water Chestnut |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
to surface |
1 to 2 feet |
|
Marginal |
Veronica beccabunga |
Brooklime |
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
|
|
|
y |
|
1 |
up to 1 ft |
|
Marginal |
Zizania aquatica |
|
Semi shade |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.2 |
up to 1 ft |
|
Bog/Pond Edge |
Lythrum Salicaria |
Purple Loosestrife |
Sun |
Spring-Autumn |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
Marginal |
Aponogeton distachyos |
Water Hawthorn |
Sun |
Spring-Autumn |
|
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
to surface |
more than 1 foot |
|
Marginal |
Epilobium hirsutum |
Great Willowherb |
Sun |
Spring-Autumn |
y |
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