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Approximate leaf spread: 30cm (12 inches)
- Recommended water depth over crown of the plant: 5 - 10cm (2 - 4 inches)
- Flowering time: May to July
- Flower colour: White
- Supplied in the 9cm pot we grow them in - for best results we recommend potting on using a 1 litre pot
A British native plant that is now extremely rare in the wild due to habitat disturbance and nutrient pollution. In deeper water (and in winter) it grows with thin, grassy, submerged leaves of a light green colour; in shallower water or on exposed mud it produces floating, oval, mid-green leaves with a reddish tinge when young, and simple white three-petalled flowers. In the wild it grows at any depth where there is light, but is easily out-competed by algae or more vigorous plant species. It produces new plants by runners, but these are so small and soft that spreading is not a problem. It is not a particularly showy plant, but there are few native plants suitable for small ponds, and even fewer with floating leaves, so this makes Luronium natans very useful. Sometimes still known by its old name of Alisma natans.
If designing a planting scheme, we recommend approximately 1 Luronium natans plant per square foot of water surface. Read more here on how to pot and care for your plant.