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Accessory Aquatic PlantsHow to Plant OxygenatorsSubmerged aquatic plantsFloating Aquatics Plants>Floating Aquatics Plants2Floating Aquatics Plants3Bog PlantsBog Plants2Bog Plants3Bog Plants4Bog Plants5Bog Plants6Bog Plants7FLOATING-HEART-(Nymphoides peltatum). A yellow paperlike bloom which grows erect, a few inches above its 3- to 4-inch lilylike pads on the water. A perennial, it should be planted with the crown of the root 6 to 18 inches below the surface. Each bloom lasts only a day, but the plant is so prolific that it puts on a show all season. A word of warning: it reproduces in three ways-by surface runners, by runners at the pool bottom, and by pods of very fertile seeds. It will become a pest if not watched closely. Never plant it in the same container with a water-lily, and never allow it to grow freely on an earth-covered pool floor. Keep it in check by careful pruning at the pool surface and on the pool bottom. More Floating Aquatic Plants.
FROGS-BIT -(Hydrocharis morsus-ranae). An attractive floating plant, introduced from Europe, with bluntly triangular leaves the size of silver dollars and small white blooms shaped like primroses. Terminal buds form in the fall, and then the plant decays and the buds drop off and sink to the bottom. The following spring they rise to the surface again and start new plants. This plant has one serious drawback. Snails are attracted to it, and if not checked they feed on the soft, spongy leaves and quickly ruin its appearance.SALVINIA- A very small plant, consisting of pea-sized, heart-shaped leaves covered with a nap of tiny hairs. It reproduces generously and soon covers sections of the pool with a velvety carpet. The plant will not become a pest, however, for goldfish keep it under control. They feed on the roots, after which leaves fail to reach full development. It will be wise to keep a replenishing stock of Salvinia on hand by protecting one clump from the fish with wire screening. SHELL-FLOWER -( Pistia Stratiotes). Also called Water-Lettuce. A pale bluish-green floating plant with velvety, fluted leaves the size and shape of garden lettuce. It grows in a saucer-sized rosette and trails a beard of long (sometimes 18-inch) wavy roots, which are not nearly so good as those of Water-Hyacinth for spawning, being much sparser, but they are one of the best substitutes, now that the use of Water-Hyacinth is restricted by conservationists. The shell-flower does best in hot summers, but it will grow in a partially shaded area of the pool. It needs a lot of moisture to attain best growth and should be sprayed with the garden hose now and then. It will anchor itself and do even better if roots are allowed to touch a soil bottom or a container of soil. It produces new growths in chainlike formation.WATER-CHESTNUT - (Trapa natans). A floating annual herb with foliage and fruit somewhat like that of the chestnut tree. The toothed, triangular leaves are not much larger than postage stamps, and the cluster making up each plant is about the size of a saucer. The plant is kept afloat by swollen, hollow sections of stem 2 to 4 inches long. The flowers are small, white, and inconspicuous. The seeds are somewhat smaller than chestnuts, black and hard, each with four curving hornlike spikes. Continue to Floating Aquatics Plants3 |
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