Floating Plants For The Fishpond

These are some of my favorite floating aquatic plants that I take advantage of for my pond. The roots are submerged aided by the leaves and stems freely floating on the surface, the flowers, if you find any, above the surface. These are widely available from all good garden centres.

Azolla (Fairy Moss)
This is the most widely available of all Foaters, plus the one that you might almost certainly be offered is the Azolla caroliniana. It’s a little fern with fronds which measure about 1/2 in. across. The dense mats of pale green leaves spread quite rapidly if left unchecked the whole surface of your pond can become covered, so only introduce this plant where the pond is sufficiently small so that you can do away with excess growth using a net. In the summertime the fronds turn red and in the winter much of the growth is cut back by frost and ice. It's always a good suggestion to overwinter a few of the fern within a jam jar filled up with water and soil - reintroduce in April.

Eichornia (Water Hyacinth)
Eichornia crassipes is known as a menace to waterways in frost-free countries but it can be a colourful Floater for outdoor ponds in Britain between June and September. The leaves are dark and shiny with swollen stems. The late summer flowers are extremely attractive- strong spikes bear Orchid-like blooms of blue, lavender and yellow. However, the catalogues sometimes forget to say the flowers fail to appear in a cool summer season. Plant in June and take them inside before the initial frosts.

Hydrocharis (Frog-bit)
Hydrocharis morsus-renae is a good choice for a small pond or a minipond, growth is then restrained and a succession of tiny and short-lived white flowers appear in the summer. In autumn the foliage starts to die away and the plant survives on the bottom of the pond in the form of dormant buds. In early the summer time these rise towards the surface and growth begins again. When Hydrocharis is not in flower it looks quite a lot like a Water Lily. The green kidney shaped leaves measure 1 - 2in. across. Overwinter some buds in any jam jar with water and soil- put back to the pond in April.

Lemna (Duckweed)
Duckweed can be found in the catalogues, but do take care. You’ll see Lemna in stagnant ponds all over the place that has a bright green blanket covering the surface. The usual pattern is a little leaf with a root below with a rapid rate of growth. Several types may be offered by your supplier and they will provide food for the fish as well as providing shade for the water surface. Additionally you can find L.gibba(thick duckweed) and L.polyrhiza (greater duckweed). Avoid them like they were the plague, the only real one to think about will be the much less invasive L. trisulca.

I hope people will find these short articles useful and instructive, I do like writing them so I hope you enjoy reading them just as much. Maybe I should add some pictures to go with the descriptions. I am open to any suggestions to make my articles more interesting.

By: Simon Martins

Article Source: http://www.directorys.uniquearticles.info

For my next article I’ll be writing about a further four floating plants that you might consider placing into your pond. You can get eight in particular that I want to mention so I may have to separate them into a couple of small articles. Happy reading to you all. I would certainly also like to take this opportunity to thank the 'gardener london' company that have given me help and advise right through the numerous years that I have been gardening.

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