Popular Water Lettuce Floating Pond Plant (Pistia Stratiotes)

Add instant texture and natural beauty to your water garden with Water Lettuce, a top-selling tropical floating plant. Resembling an open head of cabbage, it features velvety, pale green rosettes with soft pubescence and long, feathery roots that provide wonderful shelter for fish.

Key Features

• Aesthetic Floating Foliage: Soft, ribbed green leaves form delicate rosettes that float freely across the water's surface.

• Fish & Pond Benefits: Feathery underwater roots provide excellent shelter and a favorite snack treat for koi fish.

• Growth Specifications:

  • Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade

  • Hardiness Zones: Z8–Z10 (Minimum water temperature: 65°F)

  • Placement: Free-floating on the water's surface (no planting required)

  • Spread & Height: Spreads 6 to 8 inches, with a height of 2 to 6 inches and fast growth rate