Alisma parviflora (American Water Plantain)
Unusual wooden spoon shaped leaves alone attracts attention. Light pink to off-white flowers appear during the warmer months. Rare.
           

Anemopsis californica (Yerba Mansa)
Very attractive white flowers during the warmer months. Mid-green leaves. Often used as a medicinal plant. Rare.
             

Apios americana (Ground Nut)
An aquatic twiner. Interesting red flowers over summer. Rhizomes are said to be edible. Rare.
             

Aponogeton queenslandicus (Queensland Lace Plant)
A beautiful plant with emergent green strap-like leaves and golden yellow flower spiklets during the warmer months. This plant species is now threatened in the wild. We are currently propagating 3rd/4th generation seedlings from wild collected 1st generation seeds from many years ago. Rare. Still under trial. Not to be confused with Aponogeton elongatus or Aponogeton elongatus ssp. elongatus. Also used in aquariums.
           

Bacopa lanigera (Hairy Water Hyssop)
Oval green leaves grown from hairy sprawling greenish brown stems. Tiny deep violet blue tubular flowers produced in the warmer months. Sometimes used in aquariums. Uncommon.
               

Bacopa lanigera var. 'Variegata' (Variegated Water Hyssop)
Near circular green leaves with creamy yellow veined patterns grown on sprawling hairy greenish brown stems. Small bright blue tubular flowers produced over the warmer months. Sometimes used in aquariums. VERY RARE.
               

Bacopa monnieri - Pink form (Smooth Water Hyssop - Pink form)
Small bright green elliptic leaves grown on trailing stems. Beautiful tiny pink or pale mauve flowers produced in the warmer months. An interesting form of the species. Also used in aquariums. Rare.
                 

Brasenia schreberi (Water Shield)
Native to Australia and Asia. This unusual plant has shield-like green leaves floating on the water and deep reddish-purple flowers. Slow to propagate, hence limited supply.
               

Butomus umbellatus (Flowering Rush)
An old favourite. Tall narrow green grass-like leaves. Beautiful umbels of rose-pink flowers on tall stems during the warmer months. Prefers very cold winter to flower well.
             

Canna glauca (Aquatic Canna)
A very beautiful species plant with narrow creamy yellow flowers. Bluish-green shield shaped leaves edged with a thin white margin. Native to Brazil. Rare.
           

Cardamine lyrata (Water Nasturtium)
Green nasturtium-like leaves on trailing or sprawling stems. Beautiful clusters of white flowers during the warmer months. Also used in aquariums. Not for WA.
               

Carex grayii (Morning Star Sedge)
Green leaves with interesting and unusual sharp starry ball-shaped spike seed heads. Rare.
             

Carex riparia (Greater Pond Sedge)
This is the true species plant with bright green leaves. An import from UK. Not the mislabelled blue-green foliage plant sold under this name in Australia. Rare.
           

Centella asiatica (Gotu Kola)
Round kidney shaped bright green leaves on trailing stems. Mat-forming habit. An edible plant when prepared properly.
               

Centella cordifolia (Native Swamp Centella)
Heart or kidney shaped green leaves with spongy succulent texture on trailing reddish-pink stems. A nice mat-forming native plant. The true species plant. Most plants sold under this name in Australia, is actually Centella asiatica.
                 

Ceratopteris pteridoides (Floating Water Sprite/Giant Floating Fern)
Large floating blunted lobe shaped leaves bright green in colour. Spreads by forming young floating leaves that detaches itself from the edge of the leaf of an older plant. Often used in aquariums. Treated as an annual in outdoor ponds in the cooler climate regions. Limited supply. PLEASE NOTE: This plants is very brittle and can easily be broken into smaller segments through transport. Any broken off segments will easily form new plants, so please remember not to throw them out.
               

Chorizandra australis (Southern Bristle Rush)
Attractive dark green stems with white spined black flowerball seedheads during the warmer months.
               

Chorizandra cymbaria (Heron Bristle Rush)
Narrow yellow green stemmed foliage. Egg shaped yellow brown seedheads produced in the warmer months. Maximum 1m in height.
               

Chorizandra sphaerocephala (Roundhead Bristle Rush)
A very beautiful native Australian sedge with rounded eye-catching dark brown seedheads to the size of the 5 cent coin. Yellow green stemmed foliage. Approximately 1m in height. Slow growing.
               

Cladium procerum (Leafy Twigrush)
Tall grey-green leaves with sharp leaf margins that may cut when come into contact with skin. Yellow-brown spikelet flower heads during the warmer months. Very large growing.
               

Crinum americanum (American Swamp Lily)
One of our favourite recent imports. The only specie from the Crinum genus that will withstand fully water-logged conditions throughout all year round. Long deep green strap-like leaves. White lily-like flowers with only 6 petals. Spread by producing suckers. Rare.
               

Hippeastrum breviflorum (Aquatic Hippeastrum)
One of the fully aquatic species from southern Brazil. This interesting bulbous plant can withstand fully waterlogged soil year round. Very beautiful spidery funnel-shaped flowers with bright eye-catching red stripes. Bright green strappy leaves. This is the true plant that is VERY RARE in cultivation.
             

Isachne globosa (Marsh Millet)
Bamboo grass-like green foliage with seed-head flower spikes. Spread by runners or stolons. Keep contained in tropical regions.
                 

Isotoma fluviatilis ssp. australis (Swamp Isotome)
Very small and near oval green leaves with slightly toothed edges. Mat-forming plant with creeping stems. Pale violet-blue to off-white flowers during the warmer months. This is the true form and not the Pratia spp. that is often sold under this name.
               

Juncus effusus var. 'Spiralis' (Corkscrew Rush)
Unusual upright spiralling green stems with small pale brown spikelets during the warmer months. Rare.
               

Justicia americana (Water Willow)
One of the more interesting plants from our previous imports. Very beautiful orchid-like flowers blended with colours of violet, light lavender and white. Bright green linear-lanceolate leaves. Native to USA. Rare.
             

Ludwigia adscendens (White Primrose)
This is one of the more interesting species of the Ludwigia genus. This particular species have very distinctive pneumatophores, a breathing type of spongy roots arising at the nodes of the floating or creeping stems. A sun loving plant with pale creamy to almost white flowers that will probably make it unique within it's own genus. It is a plant native to remote areas of Australia, Papua New Guinea, India and other parts of Asia.
             

Lycopus australis (Native Gypsywort)
Green ovate to lanceolate leaves with toothed edges. Small flowers at the bases of each leaf where it joins the stem.
           

Lythrum salicaria 'Blush' (Blush Pink Loosestrife)
AGM (The Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit). Beautiful pale pink flowers produced over summer. Tall erect shrub with dark green leaves fading to light with heat. Very worth growing. Rare.
           

Menyanthes trifoliata (Bog Bean)
Shiny green tri-lobed leaves grown from creeping rhizomes. Beautiful cluster of small white flowers appearing during the warmer months.
             

Miscanthus capensis (Daba Grass)
This is one of two species within the genus Miscanthus that will grow in permanently wet locations. It's natural distribution range is southern parts of Africa. A very distinctive species with features such as hairy leaf blades and hairy leaf ligules. Unfortunately, like some other plant species, mis-identified plants are often sold under this plant name. Rare.
           

Neopaxia australasica (White Purslane)
A small carpeting plant with creeping stems and narrow bright green leaves. Tiny attractive starry white flowers produced during the warmer months.
               

Nuphar 'Cape Fear' (Cape Fear Spatterdock Lily)
Different to all the other Nuphar spp. in our collection. Yellow flowers with strong green base to the petals. Near arrow shaped leaves.
           

Nuphar advena (Spatterdock Lily/Cow Lily)
Very large growing almost heart shaped green leaves both floating and emergent. Unusual large yellow marble-like flowers with red stamens.
         

Nuphar lutea (American Spatterdock Lily)
Large arrow shaped green leaves both floating and emergent. Unusual yellow marble-like flower buds opening up to brandy bottle-like flowers.
         

Nymphoides aquatica (Banana Lily)
Floating thick succulent green leaves tinged with reddish brown underneath. Tiny white flowers with yellow centre. This is the TRUE PLANT of the "Banana Lily" producing thick and blunt banana-shaped roots underneath the leaves. Not the misidentified tropical form of Nymphoides indica that has been sold under this name in the aquarium trade. VERY RARE.
           

Peltandra virginica (Arrow Arum)
Arrow shaped lime green leaves. Very unusually shaped greenish-white flowers produced during the warmer months. Slow growing. Rare.
         

Potamogeton australiensis (Thin Pondweed)
A beautiful Australian native with rounded oval green leaves emerging on the water surface during the warmer months. The underwater translucent dark green ovate leaves has short toothed margins. Emergent leaves could closely resemble and occasionally be mistaken for the species "Potamogeton sulcatus".
             

Potamogeton javanicus (Small Pondweed)
A small plant with floating leaves during the warmer months. More information coming soon.
             

Potamogeton ochreatus (Blunt Pondweed)
Long and narrow lanceolate translucent green leaves with rounded or blunt tips. An interesting Australian native plant.
                 

Potamogeton perfoliatus (Clasped Pondweed/Jade Plant)
The most beautiful of the Potamogeton spp.. Oval shaped translucent jade green leaves with undulated (or wavy) margins on underwater branching stems. Also used in aquariums. A very slow growing species according to our experience. Sometimes used in aquariums. Always in limited supply.
                 

Potamogeton sulcatus (Floating Pondweed)
Oval green floating emergent leaves during the warmer months and underwater semi-translucent long lanceolate leaves during other times. Bronzed flower spike during the warmer months.
             

Ranunculus amphitrichus (River Buttercup)
Very beautiful multi-lobed green leaves growing from sprawling stems. Golden yellow appearing during the warmer months.
                 

Ranunculus prasinus (Tunbridge Buttercup)
A small growing Australian native scrambling buttercup. Trifoliate green leaves with a solitary flower stem of golden yellow flowers during the warmer months. Endangered in the wild. Rare. Limited quantities only.
                 

Riccacarpus natans (Bearded Liverwort)
A interesting floating plant with green velvet textured foliage and fine black root hairs underneath. Uncommon.
             

Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus (Bloody Dock/Red-Veined Dock)
An excellent foliage plant with deep green leaves veined with blood red colour. It is cold tolerant but protect from frost. Dormant during winter in cooler regions. It prefers sheltered location where sunlight is not too strong and limited wind exposure. Great for landscapes. Uncommon.
           

Sagittaria lancifolia var. 'Ruminoides' (Red Stem Lance-leaved Arrowhead/Red Stem Bull Tongue Arrowhead)
An attractive variant of the species with deep maroon stems bearing oblong to lance-shaped leaves. Attractive white flowers on a tall spike during the warmer seasons. Rare.
             

Triglochin procerum / Cycnogeton procerum (Native Water Ribbons)
Floating or upright green linear ribbon-like leaves. Emergent greenish flower spikes during the warmer months.
             

Typha latifolia (Bulrush/Broadleaf Cattail)
Tall narrow green grass-like leaves. Dark brown poker heads produced during the warmer months. Must be kept contained in pots. Not for Tas and WA.
           

Typha minima (Miniature Cat-tail/Dwarf Bulrush)
Short thin and narrow green leaves. Oval shaped and near marble-like brown poker heads during the warmer months. Prefers very cold winter to flower well. Not for Tas.
               

Utricularia australis (Native Bladderwort)
Delicate green submerged fan-like leaves attached onto floating stems with golden yellow emergent flowers. Dormant in winter and turions sink to the bottom of ponds.
                 

Veronica beccabunga (European Speedwell/Brooklime)
Bright green sprawling stems with hairless leaves. Tiny medium blue flowers with white flowers appearing during the warmer months. Uncommon. Not for WA.
               

Villarsia exaltata / Liparophyllum exaltatum (Yellow Marsh Flower)
Green lanceolate to oblanceolate leaves, much broader at the leaf base. Panicles of golde yellow star shaped flowers during the warmer months. Not to be confused with the similar Villarsia latifolia.
               

Villarsia violifolia / Liparophyllum violifolium (Violet Leaf Marsh Flower)
A very small carpeting plant, spreading by stolons. Green leaves near kidney shaped, sometimes with toothed margins. Short scape with solitary yellow flower. A Western Australian native. Rare.