You will receive 3 SEEDS ONLY (see picture showing 3 seeds)
No planting required, they will float around and sometimes sink
Frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus ranae)
These seeds will remain dormant over the winter and in the mid spring will sprout leaves. Over the mext few months the leaves will grow to around 2 inches (5cm) diameter and will send off runners that will produce new plants. In most conditions you can expect around 4 new plants from each seed over the season. In the early autumn the leaves will die away leaving just the seed pods.
The colours of the leaves will vary depending on how much sun they are exposed to; in full sun they tend to be brown and in the shade they will go green.
They are able to tolerate dense shade and is a pretty floating plant producing small kidney shaped leaves and miniature white flowers. Note that the flowering season is very short and until you have a large colony you will not see many flowers.
In the shade the leaves will go green, in the sun they will go brown/yellow - see pictures
Please note this plant is very small, spread is 2cm to 7cm for each individual plant.- Loose/Free Floating
- Spread - 2cm to 7cm
- Position - Full Sun/Part Shade/Shade
- Flower Colour - White
- Flowers - Jul to Aug
- Native
IMPORTANT: If you have a skimmer filter or an overflow it will be better to keep the seeds in a bucket or a container of water until they sprout leaves. You can bring these on early by keeping the container in a greenhouse, but note that their season will end early if you do this.
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