WATER PLANTS
WHOLESALE ONLY - NO RETAIL CUSTOMERS PLEASE.
Available in Australia only
Wholesale customers
- Please phone, email or fax for our wholesale pricelist.
Retail customers - Please do not contact Triffid Park for any information regarding water plants.
Please contact your local nursery and ask if they can supply you with water
plants.
ORDERING
These plants are sold strictly WHOLESALE only.
NO retail customers, please.
Plants are grown and sold by:
Triffid Park (Aust) Pty. Ltd.
103 Dandenong-Hastings Road
Somerville, Vic, 3912
Australia
Phone, fax or email to order, or make an appointment to visit.
Please DO NOT arrive at Triffid Park without an appointment.
We are NOT open on weekends.
Phone: 0428 587 162
- 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday
Fax:
(03) 5977 7301
-
24 hours, 7 days per week
Email: triffids@triffid park.com.au
- 24 hours, 7 days per week
We don't have a minimum order for pickup.
No discounts apply to any quantity, so please do not ask, as refusal
often
offends.
Patio pots are a square pot with no drainage holes in them. You don't need a pond to display them. They are tall enough to keep water in the top of them.
Some items may not be for sale depending on the time of year, and stock supplies.
DELIVERY
These plants are available by picking them up from Triffid Park.
We are a 15 minute drive from Plantmark in Lyndhurst, and a 30 minute drive from
Caribbean Gardens.
We do not have a truck on the road, so you will have to organise your own
transport or courier.
We can drop at NPL freighter on a Tuesday. Freight at your expense.
We are members of NGIV and have a stand at the Victorian
Trade Day, Carribean Gardens from October to May. We bring a range of our
plants to Trade Day, but if you would like something specific, please arrange
for us to bring it for you.
POSTING PLANTS:
Some plants that are marked "Can be posted by express post", can be posted to you.
PLANTS SUITABLE
FOR
WATER GARDENS
WATER GARDENS ARE THE FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT OF THE GARDEN SCENE TODAY. WITNESS ANY OF THE CURRENT GARDEN OR MAKE-OVER TYPE SHOWS ON TV AND ALMOST WITHOUT FAIL THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF WATER GARDEN FEATURE.
THIS PAGE WILL ENABLE
YOU TO KNOW WHAT PLANTS TO ORDER, WHEN TO ORDER, AND HOW YOUR STAFF CAN ADVISE
YOUR CLIENTS WHAT PLANTS TO PUT WHERE.
SIMPLE CULTURAL NOTES ACCOMPANY EACH
PLANT.
WHEN PLANTING A POND EACH PLANT HAS A SPECIFIC DEPTH
OF WATER IT MUST GROW
IN. SO YOU WILL NEED TO ORDER
PLANTS IN EACH DEPTH RANGE. THE RATIO OF MARGINAL
PLANTS TO DEEP WATER PLANTS IS ABOUT TEN TO ONE.
SO ORDER MANY MORE EDGE OF
POND OR MARGINAL PLANTS.
DON’T FORGET OXYGENATING
AND FREE
FLOATING PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT
AND HAVE THEIR PLACE IN THE POND.
ACCREDITATION
ALL PLANTS HAVE FULL ACCREDITATION FOR ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES OF AUSTRALIA.
STOCK LIST
AMAZON QUEEN Alocasia amazonica
Pot size: 140mm
Pot size: 200mm
MARGINAL-EMERGENT
Prefers semi shade.
Grow wet or damp
Grows to 2m tall.
Yellow flowers in late summer
Frost tender.
May go dormant in the winter.
BLACK MAGIC Colocasia esculenta
Pot size: 140mm
Pot size: 200mm
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in ponds, wet or damp position
Frost tender
Leaves to 60cm long
Grows in a clump to 1.5metres tall
COURT JESTER Houttuynia cordata
Pot size: 140mm
Pot size: 180mm patio pot
OXYGENATING PLANT
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in ponds, wet, damp or partly submerged
Frost hardy
White flowers in early summer
DWARF PAPYRUS
Cyperus prolifer
Pot size: 140mm
Pot size: 180mm patio pot
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in ponds, wet or damp position
ELEPHANT EARS
Alocasia
macrorhizos
Pot size: 200mm
MARGINAL-EMERGENT
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in ponds, wet or damp position
Will grow to 2 metres tall with a low trunk
Highly scented arum lily-like flowers in summer
MARES TAIL Hippuris vulgaris
Pot size: 180mm patio pot
Bunch of 10 cut off pieces with name label. Can be express posted - 20
assorted bunches of Mares Tail and/or Parrots Feather per express post box.
FOR SALE IN VICTORIA ONLY
SUBMERGED-FLOATING
MARGINAL-EMERGENT
OXYGENATING PLANT
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in wet, damp or fully submerged in water
Frost hardy
MINIATURE FRINGED MOSAIC WATER LILY
Nymphoides
crenata
Pot size: 200mm Patio Pot
Flowers in the shade and suits small modern water
gardens.
Frost Hardy
SUBMERGED-FLOATING
Will tolerate full sun
Grow in ponds fully submerged
Has a dark purple variegated leaf
Small yellow star shaped flowers in summer
MINIATURE FRINGED WATER LILY
Nymphoides geminata
Pot size: 200mm Patio Pot
Flowers in the shade and suits small modern water
gardens.
Frost Hardy
SUBMERGED-FLOATING
Will tolerate full sun
Grow in ponds fully submerged
Small yellow star shaped flowers in summer
NARDOO - AQUATIC
Marsilea
drummondii
Pot size: 180mm Patio Pot
Australian native
OXYGENATING PLANT
SUBMERGED-FLOATING-MARGINAL-EMERGENT
Frost
Hardy
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in ponds fully submerged
PAPYRUS GRASS
Papyrus antiquorumPot size: 200mm
Pot size: 200mm patio pot
MARGINAL-EMERGENT
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in ponds, wet or damp position
Height to 3 m.
Protect from frost in winter
PARROTS FEATHER
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Pot size: 180mm Patio Pot
Bunch of 10 cut off pieces with name label. Can be express posted - 20
assorted bunches of Mares Tail and/or Parrots Feather per express post box.
FOR SALE IN VICTORIA ONLY
Frost Hardy
SUBMERGED-FLOATING-MARGINAL-EMERGENT
OXYGENATING PLANT
Will tolerate full sun or part shade.
Grow wet, damp or fully submerged in water.
Excellent for spawning and protection of goldfish.
PICKEREL RUSH
Pontederia cordata
Pot size: 180mm Patio Pot
MARGINAL-EMERGENT
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in ponds, wet or damp position
Stunning blue flowers in summer
SACRED LOTUS
Nelumbo nucifera
Pot size: 300mm Patio Pot
Color - Pink/white
These hardy plants will grow in almost all climate zones of
Australia, and will even tolerate the surface of the water freezing.
Place the patio pots in a sunny position.
Keep topped up with water and they will grow and flower for 4-5 months of the
year.
During the colder months they will die back below the water level.
You can plant them directly into ponds.
SARRACENIA
Species
Pot size: 120mm
Low growing varieties available
TRENDY
INTERESTING CARNIVOROUS PLANT
Frost Hardy
MARGINAL
Will tolerate full sun
Grow in ponds, in wet or damp position
Stunning flowers in spring/summer
SHIELD PENNYWORT Hydrocotyle verticillata
Pot size: 180mm Patio Pot
Frost Hardy
Australian native
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in ponds, wet or damp position
Bright green disc leaves, size of 50 cent coin, held above water
Small white flower heads
UMBRELLA GRASS
Cyperus alternifolius
Pot size: 140mm
Pot size: 180mm patio pot
Frost Hardy
MARGINAL-EMERGENT
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in ponds, in wet or damp position
WATER LETTUCE
Pistia stratiotes
*** Can be posted by express post - 50 lettuce per express post box
Comes in a foam display box, so you don't need a tank to put them in.
MUST NOT BE SOLD IN ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, TAS, WA
AVAILABLE
ONLY IN VICTORIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA
FREE FLOATING
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Free floating in ponds, resembles a small furry lettuce
Treat as an annual - will die in the cold in winter.
Use as fish shelter or decoration
WATER LILY
Nymphaea
Pink, White, Yellow, Red, Apricot
Pot size: 200mm Patio Pot
Miniature apricot, Miniature red
Pot size: 200mm patio pot
WATER LILY TROPICAL
Magenta pink, white, blue, yellow
Pot size: 300mm Patio Pot
WATER LILY - PREMIUM
Double Gonnere (giant double white)
Gloriosa (giant red)
Helen Gawler (giant miniature pink)
Karleen Harder (giant yellow)
Paul Harriot (giant apricot)
Pink Opal (giant pink)
Pot size: 300mm Patio Pot
Frost Hardy
SUBMERGED-FLOATING
Grow in ponds.
Will tolerate full sun.
Will produce stunning
flowers in spring/summer/autumn, if grown in full sun
Use as fish shelter or decoration
Goes dormant in winter
WATER POPPY Hydrocleys nymphoide
Pot size: 200mm Patio Pot
Frost Hardy
SUBMERGED-FLOATING
Will grow and flower in full sun or shade
Grow in ponds
Yellow poppy like flowers in summer - autumn
WATER RIBBON Triglochin procera
Pot size: 180mm Patio Pot
Frost Hardy
SUBMERGED-FLOATING
OXYGENATING PLANT
Australian native
Will tolerate full sun or part shade
Grow in ponds, in wet or damp position
Tall emergent green flowers in summer
RHUBARB Rheun x hybridum
Pot size: 200mm
Red Pot
Grow in full sun
Plenty of water and fertiliser
Our rhubarb was featured at the Ball Hortivations event in November 2008 and in
the Feb/March 2009 issue of Greenworld
THE LAW
ETHICS, WATER GARDENS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL AS TO LEGAL POND DEPTHS, FENCING REQUIREMENTS, ETC. EACH STATE HAS DIFFERENT REGULATIONS COVERING AQUATIC PLANTS AND IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH THOSE APPLICABLE IN YOUR STATE.
Water gardens on the whole are environmentally friendly and safe requiring less water than many types of conventional gardens with virtually no fertilisers, pesticides or weedicides. The disposal of unwanted or surplus plants, fish or pond “animals” is the area which requires care and education.
DO NOT DISPOSE OF SURPLUS PLANTS OR WATER “ANIMALS” IN WATER COURSES, SWAMPS OR LAND FILLS.
DO NOT TAKE PLANTS TO GREEN RECYCLING DEPOTS.
DO NOT PUT INTO GARDEN MULCHER - COMPOSTING IS THE BEST METHOD FOR PLANT DISPOSAL.
MOST PET SHOPS WILL ACCEPT SURPLUS GOLD FISH, ETC.
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEGAL STATUS OF ANY WATER PLANTS CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATION IN YOUR STATE
ACT 02 6207 2264 www.act.gov.au
NSW 1800 680 244 www.agric.nsw.gov.au
NT 08 8999 2348 www.dpif.nt.gov.au
QLD 1800 803 788 www.dnr.qld.gov.au
SA 08 8303 9500 www.pi.sa.gov.au
TAS 1300 368 550 www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au
VIC 136 186 www.nre.vic.gov.au
WA 08 9368 3333 www.agric.wa.gov.au
This Page was last updated on Wednesday, 29 April 2009
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