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Araliaceae
Marsh pennywort
Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Also known as Water pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Penny rot, Hydrocotyle vulgaris var. umbrosa
Native Plants · Pond Plant · Bog Garden · Aquatic · Creeping · Groundcover · Wetland · Marginal Plant · Perennial · European Native · Water Feature
Marsh pennywort is a moisture-loving creeping perennial ideal for pond margins, bog gardens, or any reliably wet area in the garden. It thrives in sun to partial shade and spreads via stolons to form a dense, attractive mat of rounded leaves. Ensure the soil or planting medium is kept consistently wet, as it will not tolerate dry conditions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently wet or boggy; suitable for shallow water edges · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Belarus, Belgium, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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