Potamogetonaceae
Various-leaf pondweed
Potamogeton gramineus
Also known as Diverse-leaved pondweed, Potamogeton gramineus, Variable pondweed, Potamogeton × nitens f. merloensis
Native Plants · Aquatic · Pondweed · Water Plant · Submerged · Pond · Waterfowl · Wildlife Habitat · Perennial · Freshwater · Potamogetonaceae
Various-leaf pondweed is an aquatic perennial that grows submerged or at the water's surface in ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and provides valuable habitat and food for waterfowl and aquatic wildlife. Plant it in containers submerged in water or directly into a pond substrate for best results.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep fully submerged or roots consistently saturated in shallow water · Continuously submerged or kept in standing water
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- peat
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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