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.

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Vaccinium macrocarpum

Vaccinium macrocarpum

Common Name: Cranberry
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Vallisneria americana

Vallisneria americana

Common Name: Wild Celery

Water celery grows with long ribbon like foliage. Vallisneria is a stoloniferous colonizer tolerant of current and brackish water up to approximately 500ppm. It prefers to grow in coarse sandy bottoms but does quite well in typical clay b...


Verbena hastata

Verbena hastata

Common Name: Blue Vervain

Blue Vervain can be found in a variety if habitats including moist prairies & meadows, floodplain woodlands, moist thickets, along borders of rivers and ponds, marshes, moist basins and ditches. It will easily adapt to disturbe...


Vernonia noveboracensis

Vernonia noveboracensis

Common Name: Ironweed

Ironweed prefers rich, moist soils but it tolerates a wide range of soils making it great plant to use in naturalized areas or meadows looking for a subtle dab of purple bloom from its numerous tiny, fluffy, purple flowers late sum...


Xyris caroliniana

Xyris caroliniana

Common Name: Yellow-eyed Grass
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Zephyranthes candida

Zephyranthes candida

Common Name: White Rain Lily

Zephyranthes candida is commonly known as the White Rain Lily and has short grassy foliage. The crocus-like shaped white flowers have yellow stamens and a green throat. The White Rain Lily is a tender perennial bulb hardy in zones 8-11 full sun to...


Zizania aquatica

Zizania aquatica

Common Name: Wild Rice

This native grass found in marshes, pond edges, lakes, and rivers has an extremely branched inflorescence which produces edible grains for humans and wildlife. Although this plant grows 8-10' tall, the shallow roots are slender and...


Zizia aurea

Zizia aurea

Common Name: Golden Alexanders

Golden Alexander is a native perennial which is found growing in small colonies in moist woods and meadows, swamps, thickets, riverbanks and prairies. Growing 1-2' tall in nice tight clumps about 12" in diameter, the dark green&nbs...