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Aquascaping Water Gardening Gardening with Aquatic and Wetland Plants Ken Langeland IFAS Agronomy Department Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

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AquascapingWater Gardening

Gardening with Aquatic and Wetland Plants

Ken LangelandIFAS Agronomy Department

Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

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Why Aquascape• Wildlife habitat

– http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA007• Stormwater permit requirement

– Littoral shelves– Nutrient removal

• Aesthetics• For fun!

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Aquascaping: What you need• Water• Container• Plants• Pots• Rooting media

– Potting soil• No perlite

– Osmocote– Sand

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Native Florida Waterlilies

Mexican waterlilyNymphaea mexicana

Tropical royalblue waterlilyNymphaea elegans

Fragrant waterlilyNymphaea odorata

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Hybrid waterliliesSlocum Water Gardens

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American lotusNelumbo lutea

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Bonnets, SpatterdockNuphar luteum

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Blue flag irisIris haxagana

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Arrowhead, duck potato, etc.Sagittaria lanceolata Sagittaria latifolia

Sagittaria filaformis

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• Petals 3, white• Flowers in

whorls of 3• Unisexual• Globose

fruiting heads• Often

heterophyllous

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PickerelweedPontederia cordata

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Bandana-of-the-EvergladesCanna flaccida

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Golden clubOrontium aquaticum

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BulrushScirpus spp.

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Virginia saltmarsh mallowKosteletzkya virginica

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Scarlet hibiscusHibiscus coccineus

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Fire flag, alligator flagThalia geniculata

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Eichhornia crassipesWaterhyacinthEichhornia crassipes

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Frog’s-bitLimnobium spongia

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Where to Obtain Aquatic Plants•Nurseries

Association of Florida Native Nurseries http://www.afnn.org

•Native plant sales•Wild collection

Private propertyLand owners permission

Public landPermit required

•Whole plants•Seeds

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Problems:Unwanted “wildlife”

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Problems:NutrientsAlgae

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Problems: Weeds

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Additional Information•IFAS Extension Book Store

Aquatic plant identification card decksAquatic plant identification recognition guidesAquatic plant identification CD series

•Internethttp://plants.ifas.ufl.eduSearch

AquascapingWater gardeningPond construction

•Books!!

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