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Pontederiaceae
Pontederia crassipes
Pontederia crassipes
Also known as Eichhornia speciosa, Pontederia crassicaulis, Eichhornia crassicaulis, Eichhornia crassipes
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Water Hyacinth · Aquatic Plant · Floating Plant · Pond Plant · Water Garden · Tropical · Invasive · Purple Flowers · Water Feature · Ornamental
Water hyacinth is a free-floating aquatic plant that thrives in full sun with warm temperatures and still or slow-moving water. It produces beautiful violet-blue flower spikes and can be grown in ponds, water features, or large containers filled with water. Be aware that it is highly invasive in warm climates and should never be released into natural waterways; contain it carefully in closed water garden systems.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Grow in standing water 4-12 inches deep; roots must remain submerged at all times · Continuous — aquatic plant
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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