Water Poppy

Add beauty and natural greenery to your pond with Water Poppy (Hydrocleys nymphoides), an attractive aquatic plant known for its glossy, rounded floating leaves and delicate yellow flowers. Its spreading foliage creates a beautiful surface display, making it an excellent choice for garden ponds, water gardens and outdoor aquatic containers.

Plant Care Guide

• Scientific Name: Hydrocleys nymphoides

• Common Name: Water Poppy

• Plant Type: Rooted aquatic perennial with floating leaves

• Appearance: Glossy, rounded green leaves with heart-shaped bases

• Flower Colour: Yellow, often with a darker centre

• Placement: Garden ponds, shallow water gardens and aquatic tubs

• Lighting: Full sunlight is preferred for healthy growth and flowering

• Water Depth: Shallow water is ideal; approximately 15–40 cm is a useful starting point

• Growing Medium: Heavy loam or suitable aquatic planting soil

• Growth Rate: Moderate to fast under warm, favourable conditions

• Maintenance: Remove damaged foliage and manage spreading runners when necessary

• Propagation: Plantlets produced along runners

Planting and Growing Tips

Plant Water Poppy in a suitable aquatic pot containing heavy, nutrient-rich soil and position the pot in shallow pond water. The leaves will gradually spread across the water surface as the plant establishes.

Provide plenty of sunlight and warm growing conditions to encourage flowering. Water Poppy generally grows best in still or gently moving freshwater, with enough open surface area for its leaves to spread.

Important: Water Poppy is primarily a pond and water-garden plant rather than a fully submerged aquarium plant. It can spread vigorously in favourable conditions, so growing it in a contained pot helps manage its growth. Never release this plant or its fragments into natural waterways, as it is invasive in some regions.

Why Buy From OhMleT Shoppe?

• Carefully selected aquatic plants for ponds and water gardens.

• Attractive foliage and flowers for outdoor aquatic displays.

• Protective packaging for safer transportation of live plants.

• Shipping across India, subject to courier serviceability.

Create a beautiful natural pond with Water Poppy! Order from OhMleT Shoppe today.

Note: Flowering and growth depend on sunlight, temperature, plant maturity and pond conditions.