trefle.io · Taken Jun 4, 2022 by Maurizio Pellissari (cc-by-sa)
Montiaceae
Water-blinks
Montia fontana
Also known as Water chickweed, Marsh blinks, Blinks, Claytonia fontana
Native Plants · Aquatic · Bog Plant · Wetland · Semi-Aquatic · Pond Margin · Temperate · Groundcover · Specialist
Water-blinks is an aquatic or semi-aquatic plant that requires consistently saturated soil or shallow standing water to survive. It is best suited to bog gardens, pond margins, or cold freshwater features in temperate climates. This specialist plant is rarely sold commercially and demands very specific wet conditions to thrive.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Soil must remain saturated or plant may be grown in standing water · Daily or as needed to maintain wet conditions
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 3 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia
Sources: trefle, usda
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