Scientific Name
Eichornia crassipes
Common Name
Water hyacinth
Water Garden
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Hardiness:
Zones 8-11
Height:
6"
Flower:
Pale blue to lavendar flowers with yellow spots on 6" spikes
Foliage:
Balloon-like petioles swollen with spongy tissue; rosette of pale green, shiny, rounded leaves
Comments:
Requires abundant sunlight and warm temperatures; long feathery dangling roots; spreads by stolons;
can become invasive
Cultivars/Species:
Major (pinkish lilac flowers); Aurea (yellow flowers)
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, Consumer Horticulturist
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