Common Duckweed

We have multiple tubs of Lotus out back which are often
brimming with tadpoles. The Duckweed makes great
fodder for the lit...Read Moretle ones to nibble on, and also provides
shade from the hot summer sun.

Often one tub's Duckweed will multiply much faster, so I
often scoop some into the other tubs.

As the Duckweed grows, it begins to produce long roots
and take on a sort of matted look, which I don't care for, but
some of our younger frogs enjoy sitting on top of the mass.

As long as you contain it to you pond , It is GREAT FOOD for koi and goldfish, our fish LOVE it, and so do aquatic snails,and tadpoles. I...Read Moret also shades the under water, and seems to keep the water clean!! I had bad alge trouble till adding this to my pond, now No alge, and my water stays nice and clean and my fish are fat and healthy!!

This tiny flowering plant is commonly found in ponds all over central Florida. It often forms a carpet of green on small bodies. It is ...Read Morefound in conjunction with our common floating fern, Salvinia minima, syn. rotundifolia.

Tiny, aquatic, free floating plants found throughout Europe. Has a small plate like body 1.5 - 5mm across rounded in shape. Beneath the...Read More surface there is a single thread like root. Bears minute flowers in a pocket at the side of the plant.

Flowers June - July

Likes still water.