Lobelia cardinalis ‘Wavy’ – fantastic smaller midground plant! I picked up Lobelia cardinalis ‘Wavy’ to replace the echinodorus radicans that used to be in this foreground spot since the echinodorus was way too big! The lobelia has been a brilliant addition. The emersed growth form of this plant is loosely spaced darker green purple-tinged leaves […]
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Aquatic plants, either submersed or emersed: species notes, growth, trimming, planting, algae/plant interactions, and care.
Time lapse of alternanthera reineckii ‘rot’ ‘Rot’ is German for ‘red’; this plant was grown by Dennerle and purchased from Pro Shrimp. I’m not sure if it’s the same as ‘alternanthera reineckii’ without the ‘red’ qualifier on the end. It’s the red plant at the back left. The plant was shipped on 1-Jun-2020 and arrived […]
Read more →If you are looking for a completely bomb-proof stem plant that grows under maximally abusive conditions, hygrophila polysperma might be your best pick. I picked this up from Maidenhead Aquatics without knowing anything about it other than it looked pretty in the store. I wound up planting it in a mix of Aquasoil overlayed on […]
Read more →Littorella uniflora comes as a tissue culture clone from Tropica, and I purchased several pots from Aqua Essentials. I thought the look of this plant resembled terrestrial grass and if you’re supposed to have your garden landscaped in grass (right?) then why not landscape your aquarium in grass as well? In retrospect that doesn’t make […]
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