Pond Plants
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature5–30 °C
- pH6–8
- Adult size100 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Pontederiaceae
- Origin
- America
- Size
- 50 – 100 cm
- Temperature
- 5 – 30°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 8.0
- GH
- 4 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- High
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- average
- Growth
- medium
- Position
- edge of the pond
- Propagation
- division
Notes: Heart-shaped leaves and spikes of blue flowers in summer. Very decorative along the water’s edge.
