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In the north, this species can grow as an annual. In warm summers, populations can double in as little as six days.
This s...Read More
These plants are beautiful. Are they illegal in Alabama only in public water ways? How about a small yard pond? Do they really spread by ...Read More
I love it with it's little air bladders. Spreads nicely, pretty lavender flowers & not at all invasive here. Turns to mush at the first...Read More
I think the whole "noxious weed" thing is a little over done. I've been growing water hyacinth in my pond for 3 years now and have never ...Read More
This has been a great plant to grow. I had mine repeatedly bloom for the whole summer. I only let it divide a few times. Its dead leaves ...Read More
I curse the person who sold me this plant!!! At first I was able to keep a small planting of it contained with a floating barrier in our...Read More
Water Hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes is naturalized in Texas and other States is considered an invasive noxious plant and is prohibited in Texas.
I keep water hyacinths in a wetland on my property (shhhh... don't tell the nozzleheads), and periodically harvest portions of them for s...Read More
If my memory serves me correctly, South Africa imported South American wasps to control water hyacinths. I can't remember exaclty how it ...Read More
I find this flower to be beautifull and had longed to grow them in my small pond after putting it back in the ground and I was ignorant o...Read More
Water Hyacinths... goodness gracious what an overpoweringly attractive plant. To many water gardeners, this plant appears to be the equiv...Read More
I've used water hyacinth as a cover for my goldfish in our pond several years with good results, and several years with poor results. In...Read More
We keep this plant contained to an area of our Lily pond that is full of Cattails. The two together keep each other in check. The Hyaci...Read More
This plant is very attractive, and the short-lived blooms are beautiful. I thin it about every two weeks in our small pond. The leaf st...Read More
This plant does not survive well in my ponds. I believe my water is too cool for both this and water lettuce. I can't even keep them al...Read More
With this particular plant, it's probably p.c to settle for a 'neutral' despite some of it in pleasantly powder-purple bloom and well und...Read More
I grow water hyacinth in a small pond (round, approx. 175' diam) and harvest it every two weeks during the warm months to use as mulch on...Read More
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), a free-floating plant of South American origin, ranks among the top ten weeds worldwide.
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This plant is such a nuisance that several states have made it illegal to carry them across state lines.
Such a beautiful flower; such a terribly invasive plant. I understand San Diego [California] had a test to harvest the plants and turn th...Read More
My hyacinths have grown large and have bloomed beautifully, but after a day they fall over and the flowers die underwater. I'd like to e...Read More
It can be very invasive. Keep it away from rivers or lakes... if it escapes from your pond, it will take over those places, draining oxyg...Read More
I grow these in the shade in large shallow glazed terracotta pots....I add a little iron once a month. I top the water up daily and once ...Read More
My friend gave me a cutting from her plant. I just love the pretty color it adds to my pond. Dispose in compost in Florida, home small ...Read More
A fast multiplying floater for fast pond cover. The blooms are beautiful.
A floating oxygenator, Eichhornia crassipes are dubbed "Water Hyacinths" are so named for the purple flower spike that appears thr...Read More