What Kind Of Plant Is A Water Hyacinth. All have slender rootstocks. Bulb vases also known as hyacinth vases or forcing jars hold the hyacinth bulb above.
Water hyacinths have the characteristic thick green leaves of other herbaceous floating plants like frogbit which can reach 15 cm 6 in in length. Flower stalks that grow about six inches 15 cm above the foliage arise from the centers of the rosettes in spring and by the end of spring each plant holds as many as 20 gorgeous purple flowers. As fodder or high water content foods like watermelon zucchini radish and cabbage.
Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9.
Its thick waxy oval-shaped leaves are 4-8 inches across and branch out from the center of the plant on modified stems that may rise as much as 1 meter above the water surface. Its thick waxy oval-shaped leaves are 4-8 inches across and branch out from the center of the plant on modified stems that may rise as much as 1 meter above the water surface. Below water the plant sports some huge roots. Flower stalks that grow about six inches 15 cm above the foliage arise from the centers of the rosettes in spring and by the end of spring each plant holds as many as 20 gorgeous purple flowers.