Water Hawthorne Aponogeton distachyus  lily-like-aquatic - general growing information
 

Water Hawthorne flowers are oblong, wonderful vanilla-like scentWater Hawthorne flowers are oblong, wonderful vanilla-like scent Details of flower

Water Hawthorne leaves are oblong, wonderful vanilla-like scentWater Hawthorne flowers are oblong, wonderful vanilla-like scent

      Leaves and flowers are elongated

You can see the flower blooming right through the ice!

 

You can see the flower blooming right through the ice!

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Water Hawthorne is a great flowering plant that thrives from early fall until late spring when the water is cold.  Grows and blooms in cool/cold water of late fall until summer and goes dormant in warm water.  The white fragrant flowers are present from September until April. The flowers are held above the mottled foliage that is oblong green. The undersides of the leaves are red in color.  Flowers have a slight vanilla fragrance. 

NOTE: During the warm summer months and early fall months the bulb you receive will be dormant. The dormant bulbs can not be added to a cold pond, one below 55 degrees. In colder climates, purchase the dormant bulb and let them root as the water cools down. Then they will start to bloom in the fall.

GROWING TIP: can be planted in the same pot with a water lily.  They are dormant when the lily is blooming and the Water Hawthorne is active, growing and blooming when the water lily is dormant.

Hardy to zone 4 or higher

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