trefle.io · Taken Jun 28, 2020 by flo g (cc-by-sa)
Apiaceae
European marshwort
Apium nodiflorum
Also known as Lesser marshwort, Fool's watercress, Creeping marshwort
Native Plants · Aquatic · Marginal Plant · Bog Plant · Wetland · Pond Edge · Water Garden · Semi-Aquatic · Pollinator · Perennial · Marshwort
European marshwort is an aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial that thrives in wet ditches, stream margins, and boggy soils in partial shade. It requires consistently wet to waterlogged conditions and will struggle if allowed to dry out. Ideal for pond margins or rain gardens, it produces small white flowers that attract pollinators throughout summer.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil or substrate consistently wet; suitable for waterlogged or boggy conditions · Every 3-5 days or as needed
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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