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A Pond Perfecting Collection of beauties, all are ideal in aquatic baskets, in a water garden, bog garden or in the margins of a pond where admiring bees, butterflies and dragonflies will linger. Equally spectacular all can happily grown in pots, kept moist with a horticultural saucer beneath to retain the moisture. This collection comprises the following; Baldellia Ranunculoides –a profusion of branched umbels are produced, each holding white to very pale pink, three-petalled blooms with bright yellow centres from May to August, attractive spiky, green-brown seedheads appear shortly afterwards, height and spread 30cm, happy in sun, hardy to -10°C; Butomus Umbellatus AGM – open umbels of fragrant, pink, bi-coloured, nectar-rich flowers form clusters atop strong stems in summer and early autumn, over slightly twisted, grass-like foliage, height 1.2m, spread 90cm, hardy to around -15°C; Pontederia cordata AGM – in late summer, clusters of beautiful blue blooms densely pack the tops of st
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Pontederia cordata 9cm pot | Butomus Umbellatus 9cm Pot | Baldellia Ranunculoides 9cm Pot |
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| Latin Name | Pontederia cordata 9cm pot | ||
| Common Name | Pickerel Weed | ||
| Hardiness | H5 (-10 to -15°C) | ||
| Colour | Blue | ||
| Type | Perennial | ||
| Format | 9cm Pots | ||
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun | ||
| Foliage | Deciduous | ||
| Height in Maturity (m) | 1.20 | ||
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.75 | ||
| AGM | Yes | ||
| Soil Conditions | Clay Loam Aquatic | ||
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral | ||
| Aspect | South-facing, West-facing | ||
| Good for Ponds | Yes | ||
| Good for wildlife | Yes | ||
| Good for pollinators | Yes |
