Water Hyacinth Flower Description. One of the most popular and recognizable floating pond plant. Jun 15 2021 Beautiful but destructive in the wrong environment water hyacinths Eichhornia crassipes are among the showiest of water garden plants.
The leaves and stalks are glossy and smooth to the touch. Its leafstalk is spongy and inflated and the upper lobes of the purple flowers have blue and yellow markings. Hyacinthus grows from bulbs each producing around four to six linear leaves and one to three spikes or racemes of flowers.
Do not put in natural waterways or in places that floodwaters could carry to natural waterways.
Its leafstalk is spongy and inflated and the upper lobes of the purple flowers have blue and yellow markings. It reproduces quickly and often clogs slow-flowing streams. With its spongy based leaves and purple orchid-like flowers it provides many valuable functions in your pond. Apr 13 2020 The height of the hyacinth stem is up to 15 inches and is covered with 1-inch-wide florets each of which is open-lily-shaped 2.