A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Landscape trials and triumphs Water Gardens water lettuce

I ended up buying a water lettuce from a lady at the flea market for $5...she also gave me a hand ful of small plantlets...seemed like she wanted to get rid o fthem lol anyways, I got them home, and they are all floating on their side...I thought they wer supposed to float straight up so the rosette faces up...I'm confused! any suggestions? not just the plant I bough, but all the little babies are floating sideways

mine always turn over to begin with. and, i'm wondering if she didn't pull off some of the roots. give it a couple of days to get upright...

i agree, i bought 1 plant about 6 weeks ago, it kept being upside down, then it went right side up and now has small starts off of it and floating by themselves!

Hmmm.. the only water lettuce I have seen was in the pet shop that had a small koi pond.. but they were all floating upright.. looked like a little green flower sort of.. I thought about getting some, but at that point, I had no idea what I wanted as far as water plants.

Do those have a basket that they have to grow in, or do they just float along in the water?

they just float along in the water. i'm thinking that i'm going to "corral" some of them because the roots like to get tangled in my pump

Ohhh I might want to get some of those too.. maybe just a couple.. they would look cute free floating in my pond.

they multiply fast...