Plant Library
Welcome to the Aquascapes Unlimited online plant catalog. You can review the plants by either Botanical Name or Common Name by clicking the appropriate selection below. If you would like to view a specific category select the appropriate order in the drop down box. We're adding new plants on a regular basis, so check back frequently. To see a larger picture and to read more about a specific plant click on that image or the "More Info" link.
Please check back often as we continually update this library with more photos and plant information.
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Habenaria repensCommon Name: Water Spider Orchid
Habenaria repens is more commonly known as the Water Spider Orchid and grows naturally on marshy shores or floating vegetative mats. Water spider orchids grow in sun to part shade and throw up a stalk of pale green flowers with narrow petals makin... [ More Info ]
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Helianthus angustifoliusCommon Name: Swamp Sunflower
This narrow leaf perennial sunflower will thrive in moist soil with full sun to part shade. Fairly inconspicuous fine textured attractive dark green leaves with maroon stems for most of the growing season, but eventually grows... [ More Info ]
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Heliopsis helianthoidesCommon Name: Ox-eye Sunflower
The Ox-eye Sunflower blooms with a multitude of seemingly never ending yellow Daisy-like blossoms. This native to the Northern Plains grows 2-4' tall and blooms July thru September. This prairie wildflower does well in most soils in full sun, but ... [ More Info ]
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Heteranthera reniformisCommon Name: Floating Leaf Mud Plantain
Pleasant bright green glossy almost kidney-shaped leaves grow on sprawling stems with delicate light blue flowers during Summer and early Fall. Well suited for use in small ponds and water gardens. ...[ More Info ]
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Hibiscus moscheutosCommon Name: Swamp Rose Mallow
This fast growing cold-hardy perennial wetland plant is striking when grown in colonies in average to moist soil in wetlands, on pond edges and along streams. Growing 4-6' tall in full sun this plant is very useful in projects when moisture levels... [ More Info ]
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Hippuris vulgarisCommon Name: Mare's Tail
Mare's Tail has the appearance of a pleasant green bottlebrush growing in patches found primarily in the shallow areas of ponds, lakes, streams or any wet muddy shore where water levels fluctuate. The flowers are inconspicuous and the leaves and s... [ More Info ]
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Houttuynia cordata 'variegata'Common Name: Variegated Chameleon Plant
Variegated Chameleon Plant has fragrant heart shaped leaves splattered with white, green, and orange during the growing season which transforms to a striking purple-maroon on the Fall. Although only less than a foot in height, it w... [ More Info ]
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Hydrocotyle bonariensisCommon Name: Giant Pennywort
This quick colonizer produces a nice thick mass of scalloped 3-inch leaves growing from stolins in full sun to part shade. Grown for its green foliage from Spring to Fall, the Giant Pennywort has relatively attractive powder puff w... [ More Info ]
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Hydrocotyle ranunculoidesCommon Name: Pennywort
This quick colonizer produces a nice thick mass of scalloped 2-inch leaves growing from running rhizomes in full sun to part shade. The Pennywort has relatively insignificant small powder puff whitish flowers and grows to a height of a mere 4&rdqu... [ More Info ]
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Hydrocotyle ranunculoides 'Crystal Ball'Common Name: Variegated Buttercup Pennywort
‘Crystal Ball’ “looks” best as an accent plant sweeping down a waterfall or cascading over the edge of a planted container. Excellent for lighting up a dark corner of the water garden as it is ... [ More Info ]
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Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides 'Crystal Confetti'Common Name: 'Crystal Confetti'
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides 'Crystal Confetti' is a small pennywort which forms a dense carpet of 1" green leaves with frilled variegated edges. Due to the compact and trailing nature of 'Crystal Confetti', it lends itself to all sorts of artistic ... [ More Info ]
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Hymenocallis caribaea 'variegata'Common Name: Variegated Spider Lily
Hymenocallis caribaea is variegata commonly known as the Variegated Spider lily has attractive upright off white striped foliage when not in bloom, but really comes alive when it blooms showy white flowers which resemble a mix of a bog lily and a ... [ More Info ]
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Hymenocallis caribaeaCommon Name: Spider Lily
Hymenocallis caribaea is commonly known as the Spider lily has attractive upright foliage when not in bloom, but really comes alive when it blooms showy white flowers which resemble a mix of a bog lily and a daffodil. The Spider Lily has a clumpin... [ More Info ]
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