Description: You get a full Medium Flat Rate Box full of Plants. 25 Water Hyacinth and 25 Water Lettuce(see pictures to see what you get) Boxes will contain at least 50 Plants, many will have more.Some plants will be attached to each other.Will depend on size of plants Eichhornia crassipes, commonly known as water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to the Amazon basin, and is often a highly problematic invasive species outside its native range. Water hyacinth is a free-floating perennial aquatic plant native to tropical and sub-tropical South America. With broad, thick, glossy, ovate leaves, water hyacinth may rise above the surface of the water as much as 1 meter in height. They have long, spongy and bulbous stalks. The feathery, freely hanging roots are purple-black. An erect stalk supports a single spike of 8-15 conspicuously attractive flowers, mostly lavender to pink in color with six petals. When not in bloom, water hyacinth may be mistaken for frog's-bit. Long thick black roots trail provide filtration, spawning and hiding places for fish. The nutrient absorbing qualities of the hyacinth absorb excess nutrients from the water, helping to reduce algae making it the best water clarifier.Water hyacinth are perfect for fighting algae growth in your pond by shading the water and lowering the temperature, as well as fighting for the same nutrients that algae requires to grow. The hanging roots also send Koi into spawning mode. All Plant orders are shipped on Mondays Cannot Ship to California Always rinse any item before you add to tank or pond. Using water from tank or pond in cases of plants. They are grown in natural sun light. Plants are very hardy and do well in ponds and fish tanks. Care of water lettuce is minimal, as the plant has no serious pest or disease issues. Water lettuce does turn shades of yellow when shipped. This is normal. As the leaves spot and turn yellow, simply trim back the old leaves to allow the growth energy to go into the greener leaves. Trim off any dead tips. Growth is very slow in winter, but as the weather warms your water lettuce will grow and quickly multiply. Same is true if you place them in tanks. Also, do not over heat plants with lights.In Hot Temperatures as we have now plants are packed with no bag. Evaporation is needed so plants will not melt (lose all their roots) and or die in bag. Your box may arrive a little soggy. Small Plants at No Charge!!!!!!!Common when it is so hot out for some of the roots to fall off. In the dead of the summer we trim the roots, because they all fall off. Shipping can cause them to look nothing like they are shipped. Never know what Post Office will do to them. In a day or 2 of floating them, leaves will open and they will look a lot better and larger. Many should come back, even if roots have melted off. New roots will grow soon. Give them about a week, Thanks again
Price: 69.95 USD
Location: North Port, Florida
End Time: 2024-07-24T20:06:25.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Unbranded
Plant Form: Plant
Plant Type: Floating (Surface)
Type: Water Plants
Genus: Eichhornia crassipes
Common Name: Water Hyacinth
Plant Habit: Flowering
