Leading Australian grower and supplier of
Carnivorous Plants and Water Plants.
BIG NEWS: Triffid Park will this year be holding a Click and Collect weekend in place of our Annual Open Day.
You will be able to pre-order plants and goods, book a pick up time slot and on the weekend of November 27 and 28 you will be able to collect your order direct from our nursery in Somerville.
For more information visit our Field Days page - Click Here.
MAIL ORDER DELAYS: 15th October 2021 - please allow up to 3 weeks for us to process your mail order. You will receive an email once I have posted your order with the Aus Post tracking number.
WARNING: Aus Post are overwhelmed with parcels, they are expressing very long deliver times. Our plants will last around 3 weeks in the box. Express Post and insurance options are available on our Sundries page - scroll down to the bottom to select your option.
PLEASE NOTE: Triffid Park will NOT be held responsible for the length of time that Aus Post takes to deliver. Aus Post DOES NOT insure live plants, only for damage or loss.
We cannot follow up on lost or delayed parcels. You need to do this from your end.
OXYGENATING WATER PLANTS
OXYGENATING WATER PLANTS - OXYGENATORS
Oxygenating water plants help to maintain a clean and healthy pond by competing for and absorbing nutrients such as ammonia, nitrates, nitrites and other minerals and salts as algae does.
If these build up, they can unbalance the pond and become toxic to fish and other aquatic animals.
They are thought of as 'nutrient sponges' and are heavy feeders, absorbing through their leaves and roots, starving the algae. Oxygenating water plants provide some oxygen in the daylight when they photosynthesize, but reverse this process at night when they consume some of the oxygen as they respire.
Oxygenating plants usually have some leaves under water and some floating on or standing above the waters surface.
This all reduces the sunlight on the pond water and shades the algae.
Even though they are vigorous growers, it is still easier to scoop out some of the plants and throw away when it gets too big, rather than trying to remove and deal with excess algae.
The excess plants are full of nutrients and make an excellent mulch spread out over the garden.
The underwater leaves especially provides shelter for frogs, fish and other aquatic life and is good for egg laying and spawning.