Pontederia Cordata profile

Pontederia Cordata can be used for family potted plants, pond planting, and can also be widely used for landscaping, planting on both sides of the river, around the pond, artificial wetland with ornamental value. Leaf color is emerald green, design and color is charming. Flowering period is longer, string purple flowers fall below the set off of emerald green leaves. It does not have appeal one time, and can be used at garden wetland, waterside, pond afforestation, and can also be potted admire.

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Morphological characteristics of Pontederia Cordata

Pontederia Cordata is a perennial fresh water or wet herb with a green, cylindrical petiolate, large leaves up to 25 cm long and 15 cm wide, dark green and variable leaf shape. Most of them are ovate-lanceolate, about 10-20 cm long.Scapes erect with two yellow-green spots on each of the upper petals, usually rising above the leaves. Rhizome is a fringed adventitious root, 15-30 cm long, with numerous root hairs. Underground stem is stout, yellow-brown, with eyes, ground stem leaves clumpy, plant height 80-150 cm. Petiole  is green, cylindrical, cross-cut mask membranous. Leaf blade is smooth, olive-colored, ovate-lanceolate. Leaf base is broadly cordate, apex acuminate. Spikes are terminal, 5-20 cm long, more than 200 florets dense, bluish purple with yellow spots, ca. 10 mm in diam., 6 perianth lobes, suborbicular, lobes basically connate to tubular. The fruit is green at the beginning and brown at maturity. Pericarp is hard, seeds elliptic, 1-2 mm in diameter. Flowering period is from May to October.

Pontederia Cordata geographic distribution

Pontederia Cordata is distributed in tropical and temperate regions of America, and introduced and cultivated in north China and other places.

Pontederia Cordata growth habits

Pontederia Cordata likes warm temperature, sun, fertilizer, wet, but afraid of the wind. It still can grow slowly in the water. Pontederia Cordata is suitable for growth in shallow water below 20 cm, and the appropriate temperature is 15℃ to 30℃. The overwintering temperature should not be lower than 5℃. Pontederia Cordata grows rapidly and has a strong reproductive capacity. Under suitable conditions, it can cover large areas of water in a short time.

The main value of Pontederia Cordata

Pontederia Cordata can be used for family potted plants, pond planting, and can also be widely used for landscaping, planting on both sides of the river, around the pond, artificial wetland with ornamental value.

The growth habit of Pontederia Cordata is warm and humid, sunny environmental conditions, and is often planted in shallow pools or ponds.Its leaves are emerald green, with attractive colors and a long flowering period. It can be used for family pots, pond plants, and also can be widely used for landscaping. Pontederia Cordata is planted on both sides of the river, around the pond, artificial wetland, and qiande, flowers and leaves asparagus, green onion, and then force flowers alternate planting. It is a promising aquatic ornamental plant.