The flowers normally only last one day. Given
the right water conditions, Water Hyacinth will
produce new plantlets in what seems like over
night. The babies will just suddenly appear on
offshoots from the mother plant. When each baby
has its own set of roots, you have the choice
of leaving it attached or simply break
it loose from its mother plant and move it to
a different area of the pool.
HOW TO GROW
With
a height of 6 to 8 inches. Water hyacinths are
one of the best water purifiers around. In fact,
there has been a lots of experimentation using
them to clean up chemicals in the water on commercial
sites that have been accidentally polluted. Once
the root system becomes saturated with the pollutant
or chemical they throw the plant away.
In
the water garden they are heavy feeders, they
can suck the nutrients out the pond to the point
where it will competitively eradicate floating
algae in a relatively short period of time. No
water garden is complete without this fast growing,
nutrient eating plants. Some sources recommend
once a week removing
the plant from the pond and swishing the roots
in a bucket of water, to keep the plant clean
and healthy looking. However, in large ponds with
many plants this idea may not be practical. Hardy
to zone 8.
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