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Mosquito fern: complete guide
Azolla caroliniana
Mosquito fern (Azolla caroliniana) is a popular floating aquatic plant. Learn how to grow this fascinating water fern in your pond and aquarium gardens.
Water-parsnip: complete guide for water gardens and wetland edges
Berula erecta
Water-parsnip is an elegant aquatic plant with delicate, finely dissected foliage. Perfect for ponds, margins, and wet garden zones. Provides food and shelter for aquatic wildlife. Learn cultivation and care via gardenworld.app.
PlantaginaceaeCallitriche obtusangula: complete guide
Callitriche obtusangula
Blunt-fruited water-starwort is a frost-hardy aquatic plant for natural ponds and water gardens.
Northern long sedge: complete guide
Carex folliculata
Northern long sedge (Carex folliculata) is a versatile sedge from eastern North America with long, slender foliage. Learn how to cultivate this moisture-loving plant.
Sprengel's sedge: complete guide
Carex sprengelii
Sprengel's sedge (Carex sprengelii) is a versatile, hardy sedge from North America with long beaks and fine foliage. Learn how to cultivate this elegant plant in your garden.
Damasonium polyspermum: complete guide
Damasonium polyspermum
Damasonium polyspermum, or starfruit, is a submerged aquatic plant with star-shaped fruit clusters. Learn how to grow this aquatic plant.
Eight-stamened waterwort: complete guide
Elatine hydropiper
Eight-stamened waterwort is a delicate, water-loving plant native to Europe. Learn how to grow and maintain this unique aquatic species.
River horsetail: complete guide
Equisetum fluviatile
River horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile) thrives in wet, acidic soils and shallow water. Ideal for ponds and bog gardens in USDA zones 3-8.
Water Mannagrass: complete guide
Glyceria fluitans
Guide to Water Mannagrass (Glyceria fluitans): aquatic habitat, water garden care, ecological benefits, and ideal companion plants.
Hydrilla verticillata: complete guide
Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle
Discover Florida elodea, a fascinating submerged aquatic plant for ponds and aquariums. Complete growing and care guide.
European frog's-bit: complete guide
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Everything about European frog's-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae): care, cultivation in garden ponds, blooming periods. Tips for integrating this floating water plant into aquatic ecosystems.
Floating pennywort: complete guide
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Everything about Floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides): care in aquariums and ponds. Growth tips, optimal conditions and integration into aquatic landscapes.
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides: complete guide
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Discover lawn pennywort - Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides care, growing conditions and uses for water gardens and damp areas.
Iris ensata: complete guide to Japanese iris
Iris ensata
Discover everything about Japanese iris (Iris ensata). An elegant water-loving iris with large flat flowers in purple, blue and white. Perfect for moist soils.
Iris versicolor: complete guide to blue flag
Iris versicolor
Discover everything about blue flag iris (Iris versicolor). A North American wetland iris with purple-blue flowers and graceful natural form. Perfect for wet sites.
Bulbous rush: complete guide
Juncus bulbosus
Discover Juncus bulbosus, a hardy wetland plant perfect for water gardens and marshy sites. Cultivation, care, and landscape design tips.
Compact rush: complete guide
Juncus conglomeratus
Juncus conglomeratus - a robust rush perfect for wet margins and water gardens. Reliable, hardy, and low-maintenance aquatic plant.
JuncaceaeSoft rush: complete guide
Juncus effusus
Juncus effusus - the most common rush for water gardens worldwide. Complete growing guide, care, and water-garden design integration.
Lagarosiphon major: complete guide
Lagarosiphon major
South African oxygen weed is a popular aquarium plant thriving in pond systems. This fast-growing plant oxygenates water and suppresses algae growth naturally.
Mudwort: complete guide
Limosella aquatica
Mudwort is a modest amphibious aquatic plant with delicate white to pink flowers growing along wet margins. Perfect for boggy garden areas and pond edges.
Ludwigia peploides: complete guide
Ludwigia peploides
Discover Ludwigia peploides, the water primrose. Learn everything about this aquatic plant for water gardens, aquariums, and waterways.
Asian skunk-cabbage: complete guide
Lysichiton camtschatcensis
This spectacular water plant offers dramatic white spathe flowers and colossal foliage, perfect for wet zones in large gardens.
Bog bean: complete guide
Menyanthes trifoliata
Discover everything about Bog bean (Menyanthes trifoliata). Complete care guide for marsh and water plants with medicinal and culinary benefits.
BoraginaceaeMyosotis scorpioides: complete guide
Myosotis scorpioides
Water forget-me-not for ponds, waterside planting, continuous bloom May-October, hardy, freshwater lover.