Melbourneâs largest range of specialist Australian Native plants, trees and Nurseries. Carex appressa (Tall Sedge)A sedge with green grass-like leaves with yellow-brown flower spikes during the warmer months. Tends to grow across the waterline with leaves floating on the water surface. Golden yellow flowers that can reach up to the size of a 20c coin. This particular subspecies does not often produce flowers above the water surface. Overwinters in the bottom of ponds in the form of turions. Tiny white flowers with a hint of violet produced during the warmer months. Tiny yellow flowers emerging by the leaf stem underneath the leaf during the warmer months. Emersed stocks available most times with submersed stock available occasionally. Very limited stock. Lilaeopsis polyantha (Australian Lilaeopsis)Green cylindrical and hollow stems growing on creeping stems that floats on water. Nymphoides crenata - Northern NSW (Crenated Water Fringe (Northern NSW)/Wavy Marshwort)A variation or form of the species Nymphoides crenata that is found in northern New South Wales. Over 220 of the best native plants for your garden - tall, short, flowering, foliage, for sun and shade, frost and drought tolerant. All images used within this website is subject to copyright. [1][2], The leaf of Victoria is able to support quite a large weight due to the plant's structure, although the leaf itself is quite delicate: so much so that "a straw held 6 inches above and dropped perpendicularly upon it would readily pass through it". Emergent leaves could closely resemble and occasionally be mistaken for the species "Potamogeton sulcatus". Prefers a cool, moist and protected site. Schoenoplectus mucronatus (Triangular Club Rush/Scirpus mucronatus)Tall deep green triangular stems. The plants will arrive bare rooted, ready for you to pot up. The leaves has numerous tiny short teeth on the margins. Leaf texture is also more thicker than other eelgrasses. Sowerby Not for WA. Nymphoides crenata - Victoria (Crenated Water Fringe (Victoria)/Wavy Marshwort)A variation or form of the species Nymphoides crenata that is found in Victoria. Dark brown spikes that resembles the shape of cigars. Philydrum lanuginosum (Woolly Frogsmouth)Sharp and hairy sword-like green leaves. Attractive panicles of white star shaped flowers during the warmer months. An edible plant when prepared properly. Can form into a mat of green foliage in shallow water areas (emersed) or underwater carpeting plant. Heavy woolly golden yellow flowers produced in the warmer months. Ludwigia peploides ssp. 'Red Stem' (Red Stemmed Water Milfoil)An interesting variant or selection of this species plant with green fine needle-like (or linear) leaves growing on an eye-catching reddish-pink creeping stems. This form is collected in the temperate climate region, hence likely to be more cold tolerant but may still be treated as an annual. Cyperus exaltatus (Giant Sedge)Tall growing green stems and bracts with reddish-brown spikelets produced during the warmer months. Glossostigma elatinoides (Glossostigma)Egg-shaped or wedge shaped green leaves on trailing stems. Not for Tas. Tiny yellow fringed flowers. Schoenoplectus validus (River Club Rush)Tall deep green circular stemmed foliage. Not for WA. Not for Tas. We grow plants and produce seeds native to a variety of habitats in the Victoria area, including meadows, woodlands, forests, wetlands, beaches and more. Not for Tas. Uncommon. Two variants exist from this species, of which they can only be identified by seed structure. 'Gracilis' but much taller and larger growing. Baumea preissii (Broad Twig Rush)NEW! If you canât make into the store then the quickest and cheapest way to get our water plants is to purchase a 5 pack. Baumea juncea (Bare Twig Rush)Grey-green circular culm-like stems. Attractive for display or frog friendly pond or bog garden. Round to near oval shaped and glossy floating leaves which are bright green in colour. Cyperus vaginatus (Flat Sedge)Erect green stems with very few rib-like bracts on top. Nymphoides crenata - Inland NSW (Crenated Water Fringe (Inland NSW)/Wavy Marshwort)A variation or form of the species Nymphoides crenata that is found in inland northern New South Wales near Queensland border. V. amazonica is native to the shallow waters of the Amazon River basin, such as oxbow lakes and bayous.Flowers take up to 48 hours to fully open. Yellow fringed flowers to the size of a 20cent coin (Australin currency). Available in limited quantities only. Deep reddish brown spikelets sparsely produced during the warmer months. Water Plants in Victoria on YP.com. AUD $5.20 each Tiny yellow fringed flowers during the warmer months. Snowflake shaped foliage. This section includes a wide range of Australian native aquatic plants ranging from moisture loving reeds/rushes to fully submerged aquatic species. More of a small grower than a medium grower. Potamogeton australiensis (Thin Pondweed)A beautiful Australian native with rounded oval green leaves emerging on the water surface during the warmer months. Similar to "Marsilea angustifolia" except for the leaf shape. Medium green leaves. Also used in aquariums as a substitute for Nymphoides aquatica. Heavily fragrant when the leaves are crushed. Villarsia albiflora / Ornduffia albiflora (White Marsh Flower)The truly beautiful & unusual white flowered species from Western Australia. Other British Native Plants grow in moist soil in wildlife emergence zones. Phragmites australis (Native Reed)Tall growing bamboo-like green leaves with eye-catching and silvery white fine spikelets produced in the warmer months. and Spirodela sp. Sparganium subglobosum (Native Burr Reed)Emergent aquatic with green strap-like leaves with white-green ball-like flower spikes emerging during the warmer months. Australian aquatic and wetland plants are much less familiar than most other Australian plants, partly because they aren't a single group but come from hundreds of genera and dozens of plant families, and partly because the classification of many of these groups is still being sorted out by botanists. Tall grey green stemmed reed-like foliage. Crassula helmsii (Swamp Stonecrop)Short linear (or narrow lanceolate) green leaves on trailing pinkish-brown stems. Tiny deep yellow fringed flowers during the warmer months. Also used in aquariums. One of the largest water garden nurseries in Australia specialising in both exotic & Australian native aquatic plants. Having started the nursery in 2002 shortly after commencing our 30 pond habitat wetland system, we have now supplied plants for a range of projects from back yard ponds and farm dam habitat for wildlife projects, to storm water wetlands, residential development and even a sewage treatment wetlands for the Lake Bolac township (western Victoria, Australia). A woman standing on a leaf of Victoria cruziana in the lily pond in front of the Linnaean House of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Villarsia reniformis / Ornduffia reniformis (Running Marsh Flower)Thick succulent textured dark green kidney shaped leaves with lime green undersides. Crinum pedunculatum (River Lily/Swamp Lily)White starry flowers from long stalks during the warmer months. Limited stock. The use of these images without prior written permission is strictly prohibited. Myriophyllum variifolium (Variable Water Milfoil)Green to tinted red needle-like (sometimes toothed or forked) leaves growing on creeping stems. Marsilea mutica (Rainbow Nardoo/Water Clover)Floating or emergent beautiful four-leaf clovers which are often patterned with striking reddish-brown colours. Cluster of usually 3 dark red-brown spikes produced near the top of the stems. Can sometimes be cold sensitive. Tiny greenish flower spikes during the warmer months. Sometimes used in aquariums. Small golden yellow fringed flowers during the warmer months. Formerly known as Cladium articulatum. Grows to a height of approximates 50cms. May be cold sensitive, hence not suitable for areas cooler than the temperate regions. Mazus pumilio - White form (White Swamp Mazus)The white form this species. Blechnum penna-marina (Alpine Water Fern)Deep green pinnate fronds growing in a scrambling habit. May be cold sensitive, hence not suitable for areas cooler than the temperate regions. Narrow tan brown poker heads produced during the warmer months. There are different leaf forms across this species, this one is the more common kidney-shaped leaf form. Victoria amazonica has a leaf that is up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) in diameter, on a stalk up to 8 metres (26 ft) in length. Nymphoides indica (Water Snowflake/Snowflake Lily/White Water Fringe)Green waterlily-like leaves initially patterned with purplish-brown. Very nice and long bright green leaves. Also used in aquariums as a carpeting plant. Tolerates waterlogging to highly moist condition. The Australian Aquatic Garden Nick Romanowski. A collection and description was also made by the French botanist Aimé Bonpland in 1825. Approximately to 50cms in height. Our extensive range include waterlilies (hardy & tropical), lotus, marginal plants, water irises, aquatic cannas, edible aquatics, deep water aquatics, creeping aquatics, wetland reeds/rushes/sedges, rare pondside plants and aquarium plants. Spreads by broken branches. That is not to say that you cannot grow them in deeper water. Attractive bronzed-green leaves with distinctive brown markings on leaves when young. Our tubestock plants are cheap to buy, easy to plant⦠Marsilea hirsuta (Hairy Nardoo)Attractive emergent green four leaf clovers on short stems. Sometimes used as a submergent plant anchored to the bottom of pond or water feature. An earlier account of the species, Euryale amazonica Poeppig, in 1832 described an affinity with Euryale ferox. OR One of the more beautiful species from the genus Myriophyllum. The more you give into them, the more demanding and less self supporting they become. A great plant for the small water features. Spreads by running stems or stolons. Thick cylindrical tan brown poker heads produced during the warmer months. Will sometimes continue to grow throughout the winter period if the temperatures aren't too low. Nymphoides crenata 'Purple Mosaic' (Mosaic Water Fringe/Mosaic Marshwort)A very beautiful form of the species Nymphoides crenata. Tiny red flowers during spring. 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