Nardoo (Marsilea Angustifolia) with floating ring
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Unit price perNardoo (Marsilea angustifolia) is a classic Australian native water plant and a wonderful choice for a native water garden. Its distinctive green, four-leaf clover-shaped foliage creates an attractive natural display and can either float across the surface of the pond or grow upright when planted in wet or boggy soil.
This versatile perennial plant can grow in full sun to part shade, making it an excellent all-rounder for ponds, water bowls and bog gardens. When grown submerged, its leaves rise to the surface of the water, creating natural cover and shelter for fish.
When grown around the edge of the pond in wet or boggy soil, the foliage stands upright, giving Nardoo a completely different appearance.
Why you'll love Nardoo
- Australian native water plant
- Distinctive four-leaf clover-shaped foliage
- Excellent plant for a native water garden
- Can grow floating on the pond surface
- Can also grow upright in wet or boggy soil
- Suitable for full sun to part shade
- Can tolerate water depths of up to approximately 30cm
- Provides excellent surface cover for fish
- Suitable for pond margins and bog gardens
- Grows to approximately 30cm diameter
- An interesting plant with traditional uses
Where to grow Nardoo
Nardoo is a versatile plant that can be grown in several areas of the water garden.
When planted in water up to approximately 30cm deep, its four-leaf foliage can float across the surface, creating attractive natural cover.
Alternatively, plant Nardoo around the edge of your pond in wet or boggy soil, where the leaves can grow upright.
It is tolerant of both full sun and part shade, making it a particularly adaptable native pond plant.
Nardoo's distinctive four-leaf foliage
The most recognisable feature of Nardoo is its unusual four-leaf clover appearance.
When submerged, the foliage rises to the surface and spreads across the water. In wet soil around the pond margin, the leaves can stand upright, giving you two quite different looks from the same plant.
This makes Nardoo an excellent choice for adding natural texture and interest to an Australian native water garden.
Nardoo for fish and wildlife
When grown submerged, Nardoo creates surface cover for fish, giving them sheltered areas within the pond.
Surface-covering plants can also help create a more natural pond environment when combined with marginal, flowering and other aquatic plants.
For a wildlife-friendly water garden, plant Nardoo alongside other Australian natives to create different levels of vegetation and habitat.
Traditional uses of Nardoo
Nardoo has a long history of traditional use by Aboriginal Australians. The plant produces sporocarps, small seed-like structures containing spores, which have traditionally been processed and used as food.
Traditional preparation is important when consuming Nardoo, and it should not be eaten without appropriate preparation.
Nardoo Plant Information
Plant type: Perennial native water plant
Botanical name: Marsilea angustifolia
Common name: Nardoo
Origin: Australia
Position: Full sun to part shade
Flowers: No
Water depth: Up to approximately 30cm
Foliage: Four-leaf clover-like foliage that can float on the water surface
Growth: Approximately 30cm diameter
Oxygenating: No
Best for: Native water gardens, pond surface cover, fish habitat, shallow water, pond margins and bog gardens
Grow Nardoo in your water garden
Nardoo is a great choice if you're creating an Australian native water garden or simply want an unusual pond plant with distinctive foliage.
Grow it submerged to create floating surface cover, or plant it into the damp margins of your pond where its leaves can stand upright.
Looking for more Australian native pond plants? Explore our range of Pond Plants Online and discover native, flowering, floating, oxygenating and habitat plants for your water garden.
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