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Annuals: Water Plants

 

Floating Plants Latin Name Description
Hornwort Ceratophyllum Submerged feathery foliage. Good oxygenator.
Water Hyacinth Eichornia Fleshy floater with occasional lavender flowers.
Water Lettuce Pistia Looks like small floating cabbage.

 

 

Marginal Plants Latin Name Description
Arrowhead Sagittaria Arrow-shaped leaves, white flowers.
Buttercup, Creeping Ranunculus Bright yellow flowers, creeping stems.
Cardinal Flower Lobelia Red or blue trumpet-shaped flowers.
Cattail, Miniature Typha Miniature brown cattails, slender leaves.
Creeping Jenny Lysimachia Bright yellow flowers, small round leaves, trailing stems.
Iris, Blue or Yellow Flag Iris Blue or yellow flowers on these stunning specimens.
Marsh Marigold Caltha Golden yellow flowers, serrated leaves.
Monkey Flower Mimulus Yellow or pink, snapdragon-like flowers.
Palm, Umbrella or Papyrus Cyperus Tall plant with umbrella-like foliage.
Pickerel Weed Pontederia Heart-shaped leaves, flower clusters.
Rush Juncus Narrow leaves, brown seed heads.
Sedge Carex Grass-like, arching leaves; brown seed heads

 

 

Type Latin Name Description
Water Lilies Nymphaea Colours: pink, red, white, yellow