Stratiotes Aloides-nice sized plants
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Stratiotes Aloides-nice sized plants
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Suitable For
| Creeping / Groundcover Plants |  |
| Evergreen |  |
| Floating Leaves and Surface Cover | |
| Frost Hardy | |
| Full Sun | |
| Invasive | |
| Koi Carp and Duck proof plants | |
| Medicinal and Edible plants | |
| Nitrate Removing Plant | |
| Non-Invasive | |
| Partial Shade | |
| Plants to attract Amphibians | |
| Plants to attract Bees | |
| Plants to attract Birds and Mammals | |
| Plants to attract Butterflies | |
| Shade | |
| Suitable for Natural Clay or Silt Planting | |
| Suitable for patio water-gardening | |
| Suitable for Streams & Ditches | |
| Suitable for Swimming Ponds | |
Water Depth: 60-120 cm
Stratiotes Aloides is a Water Soldier, a British wild submerged and floating, but anchored water plant, often wrongly described as free-floating. These pond plants have floating rosettes of prickly, narrow, green leaves (like the top of a pineapple) and white flowers in mid-summer. Water Soldiers sink to the bottom of the pond after flowering and over Winter and in the Spring they send out new plants just as a spider plant does. These baby plants rise to the surface of the water from May onwards and are anchored on to 3 to 4ft roots that feed off silt at the bottom of the pond. They have a water depth of 60-120cm and grow to a height of 10cm above water.
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