2021
RSF Water Plant List
Listed are the water plants we expect to have for this season. At any given time, some may be unavailable or sold out. The best selection is in late April and May.
| Marginals | Marginal water plants grow in shallow water or in moist soil around the perimeter of the water garden. The largest selection of water plants falls within this group. | ||
| Floater | These water plants float freely on the surface of the water garden. Floaters help reduce algae by competing with nutrients, shading the water to help keep it cool, and by lowering the amount of light that penetrates into the water. Most floaters are tropical and should be removed from the pond and composted with the onset of winter and the arrival of the first frost. | ||
| Oxgenators | This group of water plants grows beneath the surface of the water. The name “oxygenators” is also used for them because they release oxygen into the water during the day as a process of photosynthesis. The primary function of these plants is to remove excess nutrients from the pond, thereby reducing the growth of algae. They also provide spawning areas and protective cover for fish. | ||
| Floaters | Eichornia crassipes | Water Hyacinth | |
| Floaters | Pistia stratoides | Water Lettuce | |
| Lotus | Nelumbo | Beautiful Dancer | |
| Lotus | Nelumbo | Red Light | |
| Lotus | Nelumbo | Snow White | |
| Marginals | Anemopsis californica | Bear Root | |
| Marginals | Bacopa carolinana | Lemon Bacopa | |
| Marginals | Hemigraphis exotica | Purple Waffle | |
| Marginals | Iris Kaemferi variegata | ||
| Marginals | Iris lousiana | Ann Chowning | |
| Marginals | Iris versicolor | Blue Water Iris | |
| Marginals | Lindernia grandiflora | Blue Moneywort | |
| Marginals | Mentha citrata | Lemon Mint | |
| Marginals | Oenanthe javan | Flamingo | Variegated Water Celery |
| Marginals | Oryza sativa | Red Rice | |
| Marginals | Peltranda virginica | Arrow Arum | |
| Marginals | Pontderia cordata | Purple Pickerelweed | |
| Marginals | Ranunculus flammula | Mini Spearwort | |
| Marginals | Ruellia brittoniana | Chi Chi | |
| Marginals | Ruellia brittoniana | Katie | |
| Marginals | Sarracenia | Judith Hindle | |
| Marginals | Sarracenia | Scarlet Belle | |
| Marginals | Saururus c variegatus | Red Stem Lizard Tail | |
| Marginals | Thalia dealbata | Hardy Water Canna | |
| Marginals | Tulbaghia v variegata | Variegated Water Garlic | |
| Marginals | Typha laxmannii | Graceful Cattail | |
| Marginals | Zantedeschia aethiopica | Common Calla | |
| Marginals | Zephyranthes robustus | Pink Rain Lily | |
| Marginals | Zephyranthus candida | White Rain Lily | |
| Oxgenators | Hygrophila difformis | Water Wisteria | |
| Oxgenators | Rotala indica | Red Rotala | |
| Water Lily | Nymphaea | Alaskan | |
| Water Lily | Nymphaea | Almost Black | |
| Water Lily | Nymphaea | Attraction | |
| Water Lily | Nymphaea | Colorado | |
| Water Lily | Nymphaea | Joey Tomick | |
| Water Lily | Nymphaea | Madamw Wilfron Gonnere | |
| Water Lily | Nymphaea | Wanvisa | |