Accessory Aquatic Plants
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BOGBEAN-( Menyanthes trifoliata). Also called Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil. Low-growing, creeping perennial With glossy, olive-green leaves borne in threes. Star-shaped flowers, white inside and pink outside, with conspicuous red stamens, come in fragrant clusters. Each petal is fringed. Hardy when planted in mud under no more than 6 inches of water. Foliage soon scrambles out of the water to cover whatever pool-side space there is. Propagated by seed and by root division.
cernuus-Grows to about a foot, with slender hair-grass stems sometimes erect, sometimes drooping. At the end of the stems, it bears small, yellowish-white blooms. Grows indoors as well as in a pool.
lacustris-A mass of fat, dark-green rushes 3 to 9 feet high, bearing umbels of chocolate-brown blooms at the tips of the stems. This is the form aptly called Bulrush, a term which is a corruption of Pool Rush, the original name for this species. Also listed as Great Rush.
Tabernaemontani-Similar to the lacustris but grows only to 2 feet, and stems are covered with bluish-green fuzz.
var. zebrinus-Also called Zebra Rush, Porcupine Quill Rush. Grows 4 to 5 feet and produces handsome green- and white-banded foliage. Grows best with roots under a few inches of water.