plants using nutrient
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;
- Varieties: Dwarf Hyacinth – grows to 6″ – 10″ in height; Florida Native Hyacinth – grows to 12″ – 18″ in height in Alberta
- Invasive in warmer climates
