Bring a piece of Australia's unique flora to your pond with our Native Starter Plant Pack. This collection includes six different native aquatic plants, each with its unique beauty and benefits for your pond ecosystem. From the delicate yellow flowers of the Running Marsh Flower to the vibrant green leaves of the Shield Pennywort, these plants will add a touch of natural beauty to your pond while also providing important habitat for native wildlife.
Improve your pond ecosystem's health and attract native frogs and pollinators to your garden.
Features:
Six different native aquatic plants are included.
Each plant is grown in NSW, Australia and will provide important habitat for native aquatic wildlife.
Easy to care for and maintain
Each plant comes with our unique floating ring, there is no need to submerge the plants as you would do with traditional pond plants.
Swamp Mazus Mazus pumilio
Position - Grows well in any position. Full sun and will tolerate shade. Flowers - Yes Submersible - No, prefers shallow water and boggy soil. Performs best when planted into shallow margins of ponds or grown in the pot and floating pond plant ring. Height - Will reach around 15cm when mature. Cover – An excellent groundcover pond plant best suited to the margins of a pond
Shield Pennywort Hydrocotyle verticillata
Position - Full sun to part shade Flowers - No Submersible - To a depth of 10cm Foliage - Produced above the water line Grows - creeping ground cover Cover – for frogs fish and fry when grown submersed
Brahmi Bacopa Monnieri
Position - Part shade (shade-tolerant) to full sun Flowers - Small white flowers Submersible - To a depth of 20cm Foliage - Can produce foliage both above and below water level
Running Marsh FlowerVillarsia reniformis
Position - Part shade (shade-tolerant) to full sun Flowers - Yellow flowers on stems to 50cm Submersible - to a depth of 40cm. Foliage - Shiny bright green lily-type leaves
Hairy NardooMarsilea Drummondii
Perennial Position - Full sun to part shade Flowers - No Edible - Yes, node or bulb Submersible - Yes to a depth of 30cm Foliage - Produces furry four-leaved foliage that floats on the surface of the water Origin - Native to Australia Cover - Great surface cover for fish Oxygenator - No Size - 30cm diameter
NardooMarsilea Angustifolia
Perennial Position - Full sun to part shade Flowers - No Submersible - Yes to a depth of 30cm Foliage - Produces foliage that floats on the surface of the water Origin - Native to Australia Cover - Great surface cover for fish Oxygenator - No Size - 30cm diameter
