Small Pond » Wanstead Park http://smallpond.org.uk Small Pond - With Preformed ponds or pond liners Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:47:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Not Suitable for Small Pond? http://smallpond.org.uk/14/not-suitable-for-small-pond/ http://smallpond.org.uk/14/not-suitable-for-small-pond/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:25:55 +0000 small pond keeper http://smallpond.org.uk/?p=14 Continue reading →]]> Can anybody identify this floating plant with lovely white flowers? I discovered masses of it forming matted rafts in the Shoulder of Mutton lake at Wanstead Park. The way it’s spreading suggests this invasive floating plant could be troublesome and not a t all suitable for a small pond, but I’ve put a small amount of it into my pond anyway. If it gets out of hand I reckon I’ll be able to deal with it. Can’t be any worse than the duckweek or azolla anyway!

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floating Plant White Flower

The leaves look a bit like buttercup and the flowers stick out of the water on short stems, white with a small yellow centre. It’s not frogbit.

I’ll be able to post a close up picture of the sample of this plant in my own small pond later.

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