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Pond Perfecting Collection

Common name: Lesser water plantain

You will bring a splash of colour to your garden with this stunning British native.

-5 to -10°C
Good for Pollinators

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9cm Pots
3 for £21.00
just £7.00 each
9 for £44.00
just £4.89 each
15 for £58.00
just £3.87 each
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A Pond Perfecting Collection of beauties, all are ideal in aquatic baskets, in a water garden, bog garden or in the margins of a pond where admiring bees, butterflies and dragonflies will linger. Equally spectacular all can happily grown in pots, kept moist with a horticultural saucer beneath to retain the moisture. This collection comprises the following; Baldellia Ranunculoides –a profusion of branched umbels are produced, each holding white to very pale pink, three-petalled blooms with bright yellow centres from May to August, attractive spiky, green-brown seedheads appear shortly afterwards, height and spread 30cm, happy in sun, hardy to -10°C; Butomus Umbellatus AGM – open umbels of fragrant, pink, bi-coloured, nectar-rich flowers form clusters atop strong stems in summer and early autumn, over slightly twisted, grass-like foliage, height 1.2m, spread 90cm, hardy to around -15°C; Pontederia cordata AGM – in late summer, clusters of beautiful blue blooms densely pack the tops of st
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Key Information
Included In this Collection Pontederia cordata 9cm pot Butomus Umbellatus 9cm Pot Baldellia Ranunculoides 9cm Pot
Latin Name Pontederia cordata 9cm pot
Common Name Pickerel Weed
Hardiness H5 (-10 to -15°C)
Colour Blue
Type Perennial
Format 9cm Pots
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage Deciduous
Height in Maturity (m) 1.20
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.75
AGM Yes
Soil Conditions Clay Loam Aquatic
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Aspect South-facing, West-facing
Good for Ponds Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes

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