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Water Pennywort

May be grown either as a floating or rooted plant. Suitable for cold or warm water. Round leaves float at the surface providing cover for fish. Requires bright light to do well. Also suitable for terrariums.


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Baby Tears - Water Hyssop
More suitable for the coldwater  or cooler tropical aquarium, Baby Tears looks attractive planted as a grouping.

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Indian Water Sprite
Suitable for tropical or coldwater. A vigourous plant which grows quickly. Continually pinch out tips for a better shape. Tips may be replanted. Good lighting required. Highly recommended.

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Cabomba - Fanwort

A beautiful and delicate looking plant, Cabomba will tolerate warm or cool water. Develops a pink tinge to the tips. Moderate to bright light.


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Blue Hygrophila
A large leafy plant suitable for cold or tropical aquariums. Bright light required for good growth. A good backdrop plant. Propagates easily from stem cuttings.

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Ambulia
Dark green plant with stems reaching around 50cm with good lighting. Prefers warmer water. An attractive and easy to grow plant. Propagate easily from cuttings. Highly recommended.

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Amazon Sword
A striking specimen plant ultimately growing to around 20cm in height. For tropical aquariums only. Sends out runners which form new plants. Will grow in moderate light but more vigourous in brighter conditions. Feed well. Highly recommended.

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Amazon Sword - Long Stemmed Variety
Long stems with oval leaves.  Tropical only. Can grow very large and as such is suited as a specimen plant for larger aquariums.

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Amazon Sword - Marble Leaf
Long stalks with a marbled pattern on oval leaves. Grows fairly large and requires bright light for best result. Will grow emersed in an open top aquarium. Good specimen plant for tropical aquaria.

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Crptocoryne beckettii

Easy to grow tropical plant. Flourishes even in hard water. Low growing, ideal foreground plant. Originates from Sri Lanka.


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Cyrptocoryne petchii
Narrow leaf crypt spreading to around 8-15cm. With a height of about 12cm, this is an ideal foreground plant.

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Cryptocoryne wendtii

Originates from Asia / Sri Lanka, this crypt reaches between 13 -40 cm in height depending on conditions. Like so many crypts, its growth habit reflects the individual environment. Plant in the mid ground.


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Cryptocoryne cordata
Broad leaved cyrpt reaching around 20cm in height. Ideal mid ground plant in the aquarium.

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Corkscrew Rush - Marginal and Pond Edge Plant
Juncus effusus spiralis, the Corkscrew Rush, is an attractive plant and useful for planting in moist ground. It grows up to 3 feet high with a spread of 2 feet and forms tufts of spiraling, leafless, evergreen stems that are often prostrate.

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