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

257 Perry Road

Keysborough, Vic, 3173
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: (03) 9769 1663  -  10am - 5pm, Monday - Thursday           
Fax:  (03) 9701 5816  -  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. 
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.

DELIVERY

These plants are available by picking them up from Triffid Park.
We do not have a truck on the road, so you will have to organise your own transport or courier. 
We are a 2 minute drive from Floriana in Keysborough, 10 minute drive from Plantmark in Lyndhurst, and a 25 minute drive from Caribbean Gardens.
 

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: 20cm
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: 20cm

ELEPHANT EARS Alocasia macrorhizos
Pot size: 20cm
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

MINIATURE FRINGED LILY  Nymphoides geminata

Pot size: 20cm 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

Stunning yellow star shaped flowers in summer

PAPYRUS GRASS Papyrus antiquorum
Pot size 20cm
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

SACRED LOTUS  Nelumbo nucifera
Pot size: 30cm Patio Pot
Available in 3 colors - Pink-white, Pink-yellow, and Double pink miniature

COMMENT: Very easy to grow.  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, but they only require a covering of 10cm of water.

SARRACENIA Species
Pot size: 15cm  

Low growing varieties available

TRENDY INTERESTING EXOTIC CARNIVOROUS PLANT
Frost Hardy
MARGINAL
Will tolerate full sun
Grow in ponds, in wet or damp position
Stunning flowers in spring/summer

WATER HAWTHORN  Aponogeton distachyos

Pot size: 20cm Patio Pot
ORDER: AUTUMN-WINTER-SPRING

COMMENT: Suits small modern water gardens.
Frost Hardy

Will tolerate full sun or part shade

Grow fully submerged
Flowers in the shade most of the year

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.

Use as fish shelter or decoration

WATER LILY Nymphaea   - Pink, White, Yellow, Red
Pot size: 20cm Patio Pot

WATER LILY TROPICAL - Magenta pink, WHITE, BLUE, YELLOW

Pot size: 30cm 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

WATER POPPY  Hydrocleys nymphoide

Pot size: 20cm Patio Pot
It suits small modern water gardens.
Frost Hardy

SUBMERGED-FLOATING

Will grow and flower in full sun or shade

Grow in ponds

Yellow poppy like flowers in summer - autumn

  
TRIFFID PARK 257 Perry Road, Keysborough, Vic, 3173, Australia
Melways reference: Map 94 G 4/5                       Inspection by appointment ONLY.  

PHONE: 61 (0)3 9769 1663 -11am to 5pm - Monday to Wednesday ONLY
FAX: 61 (0)3 9769 1663 - 8am - 8pm,  7 days per week.
EMAIL: Donna at triffids@triffidpark.com.au 24 hours, 7 days per week

                Owned and operated by Colin and Tina Clayton              Managed by Donna Clayton-Smith