European frog-bit
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
In Dutch: Kikkerbeet
Water & marginal plantsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- Up to 0.1 m above the water
- Spread
- 0.5 to 1 m
- Full grown after
- 5 to 10 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- None: floats loose on the water
- Water
- Plenty: floats on the water
- Maintenance
- Low: no pruning needed
- Flowers
- June to August, white
- For bees
- Little: some nectar, June to August
- Hay fever
- Unknown
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No, as far as is known
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- €0.95 per loose plant to €3.88 per tub
- Price, grown
- Not for sale
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- June to August
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit