I like the look of the Marsilea and it’s the first carpeting plant I’ve had success with. I’m pretty sure most of what’s here is the hirsuta species which is reputedly both slightly larger and a little more robust than the crenata species. I mistakenly ordered the crenata first, planted that, then ordered the hirsuta […]
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Aquatic plants, either submersed or emersed: species notes, growth, trimming, planting, algae/plant interactions, and care.
Today I gave the ludwigia palustris its first trim. A couple of the stems were just under the surface so I clipped off the three tallest. This ludwigia, in contrast to some reports, doesn’t have very many aerial roots but where there were a few part-way down the stem, I trimmed to just above the […]
Read more →Echinodorus radicans time lapse I was looking for a nice foreground/midground plant and so we went to our local Maidenhead Aquatics centre and looked at what was available. I liked this echindorus because it had pretty rounded oval leaves, was a nice colour and was pretty small – the pot shown in the image is […]
Read more →Time lapse of Ludwigia palustris mini ‘Super Red’ growth (the red plant in the back behind the green foreground Lobelia cardinalis wavy ) I am really happy with this plant! Purchased from Aqua Essentials on 15-Oct-2020 and produced by AquaFleur in the Netherlands, Ludwigia palustris comes in (at least) three flavours: green, red, and mini […]
Read more →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 […]
Read more →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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