duckweed

Posted by Makoto on February 25, 2010, 1:11 pm

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this thread

I am looking for duckweed plants(Lemna minuta).
I need to cover 15㎡ pond area.
This plants for HAMPTON COURT PALACE FLOWER SHOW 2010.

If some one can give to me, I can provide a tickets for HAMPTON COURT
PALACE
FLOWER SHOW 2010.

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Makoto

Posted by Bob Hobden on February 26, 2010, 3:09 am

"Makoto" wrote

This has to be another "wind-up".
Everyone I know spends lots of time and money getting rid of the stuff.

If it's true, looks like you could have a sale Sacha. :-)

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

Posted by Sacha on February 26, 2010, 4:23 am

You read my mind. Psssst - wanna buy a pond! Is that duckweed 'our' duckweed?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Posted by David WE Roberts on February 26, 2010, 6:10 am

Looking at the headers this came from GardenBanter - so probably someone
with a 'sense of humour'.

BTW:
Q: Why has the pond turned green?
A: Duck weed

I must be going quackers......

Posted by Stewart Robert Hinsley on February 26, 2010, 6:27 am

writes

Once upon a time people used to deliberately grow Japanese knotweed and
Rosebay Willowherb.

The commoner duckweed is Lemna minor. Lemna minuta is a rare alien,
distinguished from Lemna minor by the leaves having one primary vein,
rather than three. For the purposes of a show garden I would have
thought that they would be interchangeable.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley