Alisma Plantago -Aquatica Common name water plantain or mad dog weed. This plant is robust aquatic perennial forming rosettes of long stalked gray green leaves.
This unusual looking plant grows half in and half out of the water. It is an excellent oxygenator and nitrate remover. Due to its growing habit it provides cover for spawning fish, baby fish and wildlife, growing in sun to part shade. It can be grown in water from 6-20cm.
This plant has heart shaped leaves and produces waxy buttercup like flowers in March-May. The plants will grow in the boggy edges of ponds and streams it will do well in shallow water 8-10cms over the crown. It will thrive in sun to part shade.
A creeping marginal with heart shaped green leaves and pretty bracts of pure white flowers June-July. It is suitable for bog gardens, stream and pond sides. It can be grown in 2-5cms of water over the crown in full sun or part shade.
Height 30 – 45cm
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