Ludwigia Peploides
Creeping Water Primrose
Ludwigia Peploides is well known as a troublesome aquatic noxious weed that invades water ecosystems and can clog waterways. The stem can creep over 2 meters long, sometimes branching. It spreads to form mats on the mud, or floats ascending in the water. Each flower has five yellow petals 1 to 1.5 cm in length.
Contributed by @treefrog44
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Full sun to partial shade
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Frequent watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Aquatic
Common name
Creeping Water Primrose
Latin name
Ludwigia Peploides
type
Aquatic
family
Onagraceae
ph
5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Aquatic
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
2.00 M
0.02 M
Ludwigia Peploides
Ludwigia Peploides is well known as a troublesome aquatic noxious weed that invades water ecosystems and can clog waterways. The stem can creep over 2 meters long, sometimes branching. It spreads to form mats on the mud, or floats ascending in the water. Each flower has five yellow petals 1 to 1.5 cm in length.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
These plants are easy to grow, just put them into a pond. They can be invasive so restrict the root growth by burying them into the pond bed in containers.
treefrog44