Water Hawthorn (Aponogenton)
Aponogeton distachyos is an example of one of the most effective Deep-water aquatics, it's always an easy plant to grow with leaves which can be evergreen and flowers that appear for months on end. These curious flowers borne on spikes which float around the surface, each flower has waxy white petals and black anthers. The fragrance is powerful, variously described as 'vanilla and 'Hawthorn-like'. The oblong leaves are sometimes blotched with brown and also the eventual spread is about 2 ft. Unlike a Water Lily it will eventually flourish in partial shade and moving water, but make sure that it is deep enough for the tubers that they are below the ice in winter.
Pond Lily (Nuphar)
This is certainly a relative from the Water Lily family nonetheless it isn’t as attractive as it's illustrious cousin. The flowers are small, rather plain and are carried on thick stems above the water. You will discover, however, one or two distinct advantages, light ans shade is no problem and neither is moving water. For the average sized pond choose 'Nuphar minima' (N. pumila). The yellow flowers are about 1inch across and the under-water foliage is translucent. Unfortunately, the types on offer tend to be the enormous ones including N. lutea (Brandy Bottle) with its 3 inch bottle shaped yellow flowers which smell strongly of alcohol. This is only ideal for a huge pond or lake.
Water Fringe (Nymphoides)
There is simply one basic species - Nymphoides peltata, commonly known as Floating Heart. Inside the catalogues you would possibly find it listed as Villarsia bennettii or Limnanthermum nymphoides. The miniature Water Lily-like leaves measure about 2 inches across and are often crinkly edged and blotched or spotted with brown. The 11/2 inch yellow flower is more sort of a Buttercup than a Water Lily, and also the petal edges are fringed. The blooms are borne in small clusters. This is often a useful plant for giving rapid surface cover before Water Lilies become too established, however it might get out of hand.
Golden Club (Orontium)
Orontium aquaticum is known as a trouble free and non-invasive plant with only one fussy requrement, it does need a great deal of soil, so make sure you plant it inside of a deep Water Lily basket. It will grow in shallow water, but it needs a planting depth of at least 1ft. if you would like the leaves to float over the water surface rather than standing erect out of the water. The foliage is attractive with blue-green above and silvery below. The most outstanding feature of this member from the Arum family is the weird flower head. This stands above the water like a pure white pencil having a tip that is coloured gold by a mass of small yellow florets. This is one aquatic plant that I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone.
Author Resource:
For my next article I will be writing in regards to the floating plants that you may think about placing into your pond. There are actually eight in particular that I would like to mention so I might have to split them into a couple of small articles. Happy reading to you all. I would also like to take this chance to thank the 'gardener london ' company who have given me help and advise all through the countless years that I’ve been gardening.
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