Floating Plants
- Hardiness: Zones 5-11
- Height: Less than 1"
- Flower: Not showy
- Foliage: Lacy bright green fronds that turn reddish in full sun and during Comments: Leaves normally not eaten by fish; overwinter indoors; naturalized in shallow ponds, ditches and sluggish streams
- Cultivars/Species: N/A
- Hardiness: Tender
- Height: 20 to 30"
- Foliage: Small leaves in whorls; aerial foliage have a deeper blue-green color
- Comments: Often used in aquariums as an oxygenator; submerged plant but will root and develop aerial foliage in shallow water; invasive; obtains nutrients directly from water so soil planting not necessary
- Cultivars/Species: N/A
- Hardiness: Zones 8-11
- Height: 6"
- Flower: Pale blue to lavendar flowers with yellow spots on 6" spikes
- Foliage: Balloon-like petioles swollen with spongy tissue; rosette of pale green, shiny, rounded leaves
- Comments: Requires abundant sunlight and warm temperatures; long feathery dangling roots; spreads by stolons; can become invasive
- Cultivars/Species: Major (pinkish lilac flowers); Aurea (yellow flowers)
- Hardiness: Tropical
- Height: 10"
- Flower: Inconspicuous white flowers
- Foliage: 10" rosette of velvety lime green, deeply veined leaves; whitish green on the underside
- Comments: Feathery roots; starves out algae by blocking light
- Cultivars/Species: N/A
- Hardiness: Tropical
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- Flower: 2 to 2.5" short-lived light yellow flowers with a red and brown center, borne in abundance; flowers stand above the water
- Foliage: Thick, shiny dark green heart-shaped leaves; 2 to 4" wide leaves on long, trailing stems
- Comments: Will survive in water up to 12 to 15" deep, but prefers shallow conditions (6"); prefers rich topsoil; overwinter indoors in shallow tub but keep moist and provide good light
- Cultivars/Species: N/A
