Floating Plants

Floating plants are tropical in most climates and treated as annuals. They are a necessary aquatic plant to help shade the pond and combat green water caused by free-floating algae. General rule of thumb is to cover 60% to 75% of the water surface with aquatic plants.

5 items found
Sort By: 
Floating Heart (Nymphoides peltata)
$8.14
$6.51
Floating Heart produces small yellow flowers in May, June, July, August, September that stand above the water plant's lily-like heart shaped dark green foliage.
  • Height 4"
  • Width Fast Spreading
  • Bloom Color Yellow
  • Foliage Color Dark Green
  • Zone 6
  • Shipping Window March - August
  • RESTRICTIONS Can NOT ship this item to California, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington.
Frogbit (Limnobium ssp.)
$5.50
$4.40
Frog's Bit (a.k.a. frogsbit) produces small white flowers July and August. Thick spongy tissue supports the smooth shiny leaf surfaces.
  • Height 8"
  • Width Spreading
  • Bloom Color White
  • Foliage Color Green
  • Zone 7
  • Shipping Window March - August
  • RESTRICTIONS Can NOT ship this item to California nor Puerto Rico
Giant Sensitive (Neptunia Oleracea)
$9.90
$7.92
  • Height 39" to 5'
  • Bloom Color None
  • Foliage Color Green
  • Zone 9
  • Shipping Window March - August
  • RESTRICTIONS Can NOT ship this item to Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Puerto Rico.
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
$4.29
$3.43
Water Hyacinth produce intense lavender-blue flowers in June, July and August that stand well above the water plant's deep waxy-green foliage.
  • Height 8"
  • Width Fast Spreading
  • Bloom Color Lavender-Blue
  • Foliage Color Deep Waxy Green
  • Zone 8
  • Shipping Window March - August
  • RESTRICTIONS Can NOT ship this item to Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico
Water Lettuce (Pistia stratoides)
$4.29
$3.43
Light green lettuce-like foliage gracefully floats on the water's surface. Optimally placed in moving water with some light shade.
  • Height 4"
  • Width Fast Spreading
  • Bloom Color None
  • Foliage Color Light Green
  • Zone 9
  • Shipping Window March - August
  • RESTRICTIONS Can NOT ship this item to Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Puerto Rico.
Sort By: