Water violet
Hottonia palustris
In Dutch: Waterviolier
Water & marginal plantsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.2 to 0.6 m
- Spread
- 0.5 to 1 m
- Full grown after
- 5 to 10 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Mud or clayey pond soil, under water
- Water
- Plenty: grows under water
- Maintenance
- Low: no pruning needed
- Flowers
- May and June, pale lilac or white
- For bees
- Yes: nectar for bees and hoverflies, May and June
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No, as far as is known
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €3.50 to €5.45 each, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- About €15 to €20 per pond basket, already planted
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- May to June
- Fruit
- June to July