Current Jesse Hall Container Garden Design/Plant ID

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Summer 2013

 

 

 

This summer display is a departure from our usual planting. Water and aquatic plants are featured with gold fish for mosquito control and added interest.

Tropical Aquatic Plants:

Alocasia wentii

Wentii Elephant Ears

Alocasia x 'Portora'

Portora Elephant Ears

Canna americanallis var. variegata 'Pretoria'

Pretoria Canna

Canna indica 'Lemon Punch'

Lemon Punch Canna

Canna indica  ‘Phasion’  Tropicanna®

Tropicanna Canna

Canna ‘Bird of Paradise’

Bird of Paaradise Canna

Colocasia

Elephant Ear

Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Ruffles’
Black Ruffles Elephant Ears

Cyperus involucratus ‘Baby Tut’
Papyrus Baby Tut

Eichornia crassipes
Water Hyacinth

Myriophyllum brasiliensis
Red-Stemmed Parrot's Feather

Nymphaea caerulea ‘Ruby'
Ruby Tropical Water Lily

Pistia stratiotes
Water Lettuce

Ruellia brittonia
Mexican Petunia

Hardy Aquatic Plants:
Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’
Golden Variegated Sweet Flag

Pontederia cordata
Pink Pickerel

Sagitarria latifolia
Arrowhead

Thalia geniculata
Red-Stemmed Thalia

Perennials:
Juncus effusus ‘Blue Arrow’
Blue Arrow Rush

Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’
Golden Creeping Jenny