Tut tut, Titchmarsh

[nightshade]

Shirls,well spotted my fav.graphic there is even a wind chime to match, a real earth champion

[joey747]

natives of my knowlege:

oxygenating weed: hornwort, starwort, milfoil.

free floating: frogbit, watersoldier.

lilies: fringed waterlily, white waterlily.

maringal: water mint, yellow flag iris, common rush, flowering rush, cotton grass, bogbean, brooklime, water forget-me-not, marsh marigold.

[JennyS]

fringed waterlily

No, no no!
Fringed Waterlily (Nymphoides peltata) is a non-native invasive nightmare, though its a good-looking one!

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by JennyS

No, no no!
Fringed Waterlily (Nymphoides peltata) is a non-native invasive nightmare, though its a good-looking one!

Actually it is a native species, though it is commonly introduced.

[JennyS]

Actually it is a native species, though it is commonly introduced.

Ooops, I've got so used to thinking of it as an invasive introduction I'd forgotten it's native in a few areas in the UK .......

[Suzybrook]

eeek just read this

i have native plants in my pond the exception being elodea. Its very prolific and i often thin it at the end of the year, but as i mentioned in another thread, ive noticed certain damselflies like the Large Red often lay their eggs on it

if i switched to oxygenators like hornwort and milfoil would they take long to establish and would that effect the water quality in the interim period?

thanks

[Adam Cheeseman]

When all is said and done, AT is a professional gardener and not the best profession to be giving advice about native plants for ponds (IMHO and experience). I still see Crassula on sale. God help us!

Canadian Pondweed is being put on Section 9 of the W and C Act list of plants that all landowners are obliged to control by law this year.

Cheers,

Adam

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Suzybrook

eeek just read this

i have native plants in my pond the exception being elodea. Its very prolific and i often thin it at the end of the year, but as i mentioned in another thread, ive noticed certain damselflies like the Large Red often lay their eggs on it

if i switched to oxygenators like hornwort and milfoil would they take long to establish and would that effect the water quality in the interim period?

thanks

Hornwort will go like a rocket in my experiance! and from damselfly larva love it as it provides a very good hiding place from predators.

In my fishtank hornwort used to out-compete the algae helping the glass stay clear and was far easier to remove than the algae if it got out of hand too.

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by joey747

natives of my knowlege:


free floating: watersoldier.

Native, but notoriously rampant given room.

Cheers,

Adam