Water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes)
- 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)