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Potamogetonaceae
Alpine pondweed
Potamogeton alpinus
Also known as Reddish pondweed, Potamogeton alpinus, Mountain pondweed, Potamogeton obtusus var. alpinus
Native Plants · Aquatic · Pondweed · Water Plant · Submerged · Pond · Cold Hardy · Perennial · Native · Wildlife Pond · Marginal Plant
Alpine pondweed is an aquatic perennial that thrives in cool, clean ponds or slow-moving water and must remain submerged or have its roots permanently in water. It prefers full sun to partial shade and does best in temperate to cold climates, making it unsuitable for warm indoor settings. It is best suited for naturalistic water gardens or wildlife ponds rather than ornamental home use.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep fully submerged or roots permanently saturated in still or slow-moving water · Submerged or consistently waterlogged at all times
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Denmark
Sources: trefle, usda
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