Azolla caroliniana (Water Fern)

6.00

Azolla caroliniana is a tender floating aquatic plant. It has small, fern-like foliage that is red or purple in sun or green to blue-green in shade.

COLOUR

Foliage

Green, Flushed purple in Summer

General care

Propagation methods

Division

Foliage

Deciduous

Habit

Spreading

Out of stock

Category:

WHERE TO GROW

Azolla filiculoides (Water fern) will reach a height of 0.01m and a spread of 0m after 1-2 years.

Suggested uses

Aquatic

Cultivation

Can be located in sun or shade. May be overwintered under cover as it is frost tender. Can be extremely invasive and, as of 2013, is banned from being sold in the UK. Do not dispose of in the wild.

Soil drainage

Pond/In water

Light

Partial Shade, Full Shade, Full Sun

Aspect

North, South, East, West

WHERE TO GROW

Azolla filiculoides (Water fern) will reach a height of 0.01m and a spread of 0m after 1-2 years.

Suggested uses

Aquatic

Cultivation

Can be located in sun or shade. May be overwintered under cover as it is frost tender. Can be extremely invasive and, as of 2013, is banned from being sold in the UK. Do not dispose of in the wild.

Soil drainage

Pond/In water

Light

Partial Shade, Full Shade, Full Sun

Aspect

North, South, East, West