• The following list of water plants includes those varieties that BruceWorks usually stock (new stock arriving in spring). All have been selected for their hardiness in Canberra conditions. » See also general notes about water plants Amazon Queen Alocasia amazonia • Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Prefers semi shade (frost tender) • Grow wet or damp may go dormant in winter • Yellow flowers in late summer Bacopa Bacopa monniera (Australian native) Type: submerged - free floating ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade • Grow wet, damp or fully submerged • Small blue flowers from summer to autumn Blue Sedge Carex riparia Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow in pond - wet or damp position • Black flowers in summer Duck Weed Lemna Species Type: free floating ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds in wet position • Forms a thick floating carpet over water Dwarf Papyrus Cyperus prolifer Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade • Grow in ponds - wet or damp position Dwarf Water Bamboo Phalaris arundinacea picta Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun (frost hardy) • Grow in wet or damp soil • Can grow to 1.5m but is kept smaller in pots Fairy Fern Azolla Species Type: free floating ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds - forms a thick floating carpet • Good food source for some birds Golden-eyed Grass Sisyrichium californicum Type: marginal ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow in a wet or damp position • Yellow flowers all year round Green Goddess Zantedeschia aethiopica Type: marginal emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds or moist well drained soil • Large green/cream flowers all year round Japanese Water Iris Iris laevigata Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow wet, damp or fully submerged • Flowers inspring/summer Juncus Juncus Species Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) (Australian native) • Grow in full sun (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds - wet or damp position Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds - wet or damp position • Bright pink to red flowers in summer Mare's Tail Hippuris vulgaris Type: marginal - emergent - submerged - floating - oxygenating ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow wet - damp or fully submerged Moses in a Basket Tradescantia X Andersoniana Type: marginal - emergent • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grows a wet or damp position • Flowers in summer Nardoo Marsilea mutica (Australian native) Type: submerged - floating - marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds - wet or damp position Papyrus Papyrus antiquarium Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost tender) • Grow in ponds - wet or damp position • Height to 3 metres Parrot's Feather Myriophyllum aquaticum Type: submerged - floating ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grows wet, damp or fully submerged • Excellent for spawning and protection of goldfish Pickerel Rush Pontederia cordata Type: marginal emergent ( » see diagram) • Will tolerate full sun or part shade • Grow in pond - wet or damp position • Stunning blue flowers in summer Sarracenia Sarracenia Species Type: marginal ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds - wet or damp position • Stunning flowers in spring/summer Swamp Stonecrop Crassula helmsii Type: submerged - floating ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds, wet, damp or submerged • Tiny white flowers in summer Sweet Flag Acorus gramineus Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds, wet or damp Tall Spike Rush Eleocharis sphacelata (Australian native) Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds, wet or damp • Foliage provides excellent cover for waterfowl Water Hawthorn Aponogeton distachyos Type: submerged - floating ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grows fully submerged • White perfumed flowers most of the year Water Iris Iris ensata Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade (frost hardy) • Grows in ponds, wet or damp • Flowers in spring/summer Water Lily Nymphaea Type: submerged - floating ( » see diagram) • Will tolerate full sun (frost hardy) • Grow in ponds • Produces flowers spring-autumn in full sun Water Milfoil Myriophyllum papillosum Type: submerged - floating ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or part shade • Grow wet, damp or fully submerged • Excellent for spawning and protection of goldfish Water Plantain Alisma plantago aquatica Type: marginal - emergent ( » see diagram) • Will tolerate full sun or shade • Grows in ponds, wet or damp position • Dainty white flowers on tall spike in summer Water Poppy Hydrocleys nymphoides Type: submerged - floating ( » see diagram) • Grows and flowers in full sun or shade • Grows in ponds • Yellow flowers in late summer Water Ribbon Triglochin procera (Australian native) Type: submerged - floating ( » see diagram) • Tolerates full sun or shade • Grows in ponds - wet or damp position • Tall emergent green flowers in summer