Plant | Notes - acquisition | planting |
marginal | |
Acorus calamus (Sweet Flag) | variegatus |
Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water Plantain) | |
Butomus umbellatus (Flowering rush) | Disappeared? |
Removed from pot and stuck between pebbles. Disappeared? | Aquatic centre | |
Calla palustris (Bog arum) | |
Caltha palustris (Marsh marigold) | Slow, but alive |
Carex pendula (Pendulous sedge) | Doing well, 28 Jun 17 |
Carex pseudocyperus (Sedge Hop) | Doing well. Removed from pot and moved away from pendulous sedge, Jul 17 |
Cyperus longus (Sweet galingale) | Good |
Equisetum hymenale (Dutch rush) | Removed from pot and stuck between pebbles | Aquatic centre |
Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cotton Grass) | Good, but needs more soil and encouragement |
Hottonia palustris (Water violet) | |
Houttuynia cordata 'Plena' | |
Iris pseudacorus 'Crème de la crème' | |
Iris pseudacorus (Yellow flag iris) | Surprisingly slow |
Lysichiton camtschatcensis (White skunk cabbage) | Alive, but not kicking. 2 plants, removed from pots, Jul 17 |
Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife) | Single tall flowering stem. Doing well. Removed from pot, Jul 17 |
Mentha aquatica (Water mint) | Good. Needs controlling |
Menyanthes trifoliata (Bog bean) | Good. Escaped its bag |
Myosotis scorpioides (Water forget-me-not) | Failed (drowned?) |
Pontederia cordata (Pickerel weed) | |
Ranunculus lingua (Greater spearwort) | Good. Escaped its bag |
Saururus chinensis (Chinese lizard's tail) | |
Scirpus cernus (Fibre Optic Plant) | |
Typha minima (Small reed mace) | Good |
Veronica beccabunga (Brooklime) | Good. Escaped from pot. Soil provided, Jul 17. Now everywhere, Mch 19 - remove quite a lot |
deep | |
Aponogeton distachyos (Water Hawthorn) | Slow, but quite good. Dies down in summer |
Nymphaea alba 'Candida' (Dwarf white water lily) | Slow, but alive |
Nymphaea alba (White water lily) | Slow, but alive |
Nymphoides peltata (Fringed water lily) | Slow, but alive |
floating | |
Ceratophyllum demersum (Hornwort) | Soon disappeared. Smothered by algae |
Ranunculus aquatilis (Water crowfoot) | Disappeared |
Stratiodes aloides (Water soldier) | Doing well. Mch 19 |