Potamogetonaceae
Perfoliate pondweed
Potamogeton perfoliatus
Also known as Potamogeton perfoliatus var. minor, Perfoliate-leaved pondweed, Peltopsis perfoliata, Potamogeton perfoliatus f. acutifolius
Native Plants · Aquatic · Submerged · Oxygenating Plant · Pond Plant · Water Garden · Waterfowl · Freshwater · Pondweed · Fast Growing
Perfoliate pondweed is a fully submerged aquatic plant best suited for garden ponds, water features, or natural water bodies. It grows quickly and provides excellent oxygenation, habitat, and food for fish and waterfowl. Plant in baskets of aquatic compost and submerge to a depth of 1–3 feet in calm, clear water.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Fully submerged in 1-3 feet of still or slow-moving fresh water · Submerged aquatic — maintain stable water depth year-round
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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