- Flower: None
- Sold in loose portions packed in a rigid 750ml container.
By far the prettiest of our native duckweeds, ivy-leaved duckweed is also much less invasive than the common types. Its delicate two-tone mid-green to dark-green fronds are divided into three parts and float just under the water surface rather than on it. These leaves provide a habitat for many tiny pond invertebrates - such as water hoglice, baby snails, and flatworms - making it an excellent plant for cover, particularly in small wildlife ponds. It is not usually considered an oxygenating plant because of its much slower growth than the true oxygenators, but it fills the same ecological niche.
Ivy-leaved duckweed will grow in full sun but looks its best in shadier spots: around the base of other plants, under waterlily leaves, in shaded ponds, or simply in mid-winter, when it remains lush and green while other plants die back. No potting needed, simply place the plant in the pond.
Stock is always limited, since this plant grows slowly.
If designing a planting scheme, we recommend approximately 1 Lemna trisulca portion per square foot of water surface. Read more here on how to pot and care for your plant.