Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth)
Other names: Thick-foot
E. crassipes is a tender, vigorous and distinctive floating plant with broad green leaves and beautiful hyacinth-like violet flowers.
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2m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Aponogeton distachyos (Water hawthorn)
Other names: Hawthorn-scented pondweed , Winter hawthorn, Water hyacinth , Cape asparagus, Cape pondweed
A. distachyos is a semi-evergreen aquatic perennial. It has floating lance-shaped leaves and in spring and again in autumn, it bears racemes of white and purple, sweetly scented flowers.
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1.2m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Scilla peruviana (Peruvian scilla)
Other names: Portuguese squill, Caribbean lily, Cuban lily, Giant squill, Hyacinth of Peru
S. peruviana is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen, bulbous perennial with a cluster of lance-shaped, mid-green basal leaves and racemes of nodding, deep purple-blue or white flowers in early summer.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Reineckea carnea (Chinese lucky grass)
Other names: Reineckea, Reineckea yunnanense, Liriope hyacinthifolia
R. carnea is a tufted, evergreen perennial with arching, linear to lance-shaped, glossy, mid- to dark green leaves and, in late spring, dense spikes of cup-shaped, pink flowers at the base of the plant. Flowers are followed by spherical, red fruit.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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