Drifting Plant Island - Plant

Our special plastic plant ring comes ready planted. Place the floating square on the pond as soon as possible. The plants will thrive best in full sun although part shade should not cause problems.

The Blue Water Iris (Iris laevigata bleu) produces upright sword-shaped leaf blades and displays gorgeous, big blue flowers from late spring – height: max. 80 cm. Variegated Sweet Flag (Acorus gramineus 'Ogon) has very striking, hanging sword-shaped leaf blades in green with yellow stripes. This particular variety is a dwarf version of the common Sweet Flag. Sweet Flag is still used today in various herbal liqueurs and bitters. The crushed leaves smell delicious. Height: max. 30 cm. Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia) is a low growing plant with characteristic round leaves on a typical ‘penny’ and many, many, big yellow flowers. It will without doubt cross onto land if the floating island touches the pond's edge for any length of time but will not be affected by this. Height: max. 8 cm.

The plant island requires little or no maintenance and the plants are easily cultivated. If the island stays too long at the pond's edge, feel free to push it into the middle of the pond to prevent it growing attached. The plants will need splitting and replanting in the ring every two years to keep the island afloat. The plants will grow to about 80 cm tall.

The plant island can remain on the pond throughout the winter as the plants are hardy. The part above ground level may partly freeze over in the winter but those parts can be cut back in early spring and the plants will shoot again shortly after. In extreme winters it would be advisable to store the complete island in a shed. Make sure that the plants do not dry out.