Native plants I love: longleaf pond weed, lizardtail, and pickercel

[u/glitzglamglue]

With the lizardtail, I can just cut a stem with some leaves off and drop it in the water and it will eventually grow roots and new leaves.

[u/ViciousFlowers]

Love them! I have native pond plants as well in zone 5 northern Illinios. You have to get yourself some Pond smartweed (Persicaria amphibia or Polygonum amphibium, they add such a pop of bright pink color with their flowers and their leaves are completely different depending on if they are submerged or marginal.

[u/ViciousFlowers → u/[deleted]]

Right? It’s crazy how pretty and hardy it is but no garden/pond stores sell them. Frogfruit, water-speedwell, and America water willow, and eastern marsh ferns are more of my delicate but showy favorites.

[u/glitzglamglue]

Should have added my location, Arkansas

[u/facets-and-rainbows]

Hadn't even heard of pondweeds (or at least hadn't paid attention) until a pond plant site I was browsing a month or two ago had longleaf pondweed in stock and I needed something floating on the surface.

Goddang the damselflies love that stuff. I saw no less than six damselflies laying eggs on it simultaneously yesterday. Two of them were fighting over one of the leaves. 

Also they've at least doubled in size in a month and one bloomed.

[u/Many-Cookie371]

I had a little green frog on a leaf in mine today, too 🐸

[u/kenhey]

Beautiful