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I ordered 3 trees from you, the 1st arrived today a Golden Gage, and i am delighted with it. Great strong size well protected with straw and outer covering. I am looking forward to the next two a damson and another gage arriving. I have tasted and grown golden gage before and i urge any person considering buying one to do so its a very underrated and often overlooked fruit to have in the garden you will not be disappointed. I also cannot fault the fast service i have had from Victoriana and will be making another order very soon
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I ordered 3 trees from you, the 1st arrived today a Golden Gage, and i am delighted with it. Great strong size well protected with straw and outer covering. I am looking forward to the next two a damson and another gage arriving. I have tasted and grown golden gage before and i urge any person considering buying one to do so its a very underrated and often overlooked fruit to have in the garden you will not be disappointed. I also cannot fault the fast service i have had from Victoriana and will be making another order very soon
Linda R, Dumfries Scotland
Water Lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Looking like a floating head of lettuce with pale green foliage.
- Valuable oxygenator.
- Provides vital shade for fish
- Efficient in combatting algae
Supplied as a bare root plant
Available from APPROXIMATELY mid June1 or more £3.25GBP each. Group & quantity discounts
Currently Not Available to Buy
First discovered on the River Nile, near Lake Victoria, the water lettuce, also known as the water or Nile cabbage, floats on the surface of the pond. Its light green, deeply veined velvety leaves have no stems but its roots trail under the leaves, providing shelter for small fish.
- Looks like a floating head of lettuce with soft, hairy leaves.
- Happy in full sun or partial shade.
- Leaves can be up to 10" (25 cms) long and 4" (10 cms) wide.
- They provide shade and spawning areas for fish.
- Water lettuce can oxygenate and clear water
- It can prevent algal blooms.
- Water lettuce plants readily send out runners and love to be crowded together (just remove some if there are too many).
- They provide a valuable habitat for insect larvae and snails.
- Susceptible to frost and do best in sheltered pools.
- Can be overwintered indoors.
- Larger fish may eat the roots.