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Hydrocharitaceae
Water-aloe
Stratiotes aloides
Also known as Stratiotes, Stratiotes aquaticus, Shell flower, Stratiotes aloides f. submersa
Native Plants · Aquatic · Pond Plant · Oxygenator · Floating Plant · Water Garden · Wildlife Pond · Perennial · Stratiotes · European Native · Submerged
Water-aloe is a striking free-floating aquatic perennial that sinks to pond bottoms in winter and rises to the surface in summer, requiring no soil or planting. It does best in full sun to partial shade in calm, clear water and helps oxygenate ponds while providing habitat for aquatic wildlife. This plant is ideal for outdoor wildlife ponds and requires minimal intervention once established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Keep fully submerged in at least 12-24 inches of water; rises to surface during growing season · Maintain permanent aquatic or submerged conditions
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- peat
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- 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
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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