It is recommended to grow in rivers and lakes, but it is a beautiful landscape to be raised in a flowerpot.

The plant to be introduced to you below is water hyacinth, it has many names, folk is generally called water hyacinth, if accidentally thrown into the pond or river lake, will soon be overrun, but raised in a small flower pot inside, it can become beautiful fresh scenery, maintain sufficient sunshine, it can also open charming pink purple flowers.

In the Qing Dynasty, water hyacinth was an ornamental flower for nobles. It could only be seen in the homes of some high-ranking officials. It was generally kept in pools as a landscape plant.

After the 1990s, water hyacinth rose again and became feed for pigs. It also had a certain effect on sewage prevention, but people ignored its side effects.

Water hyacinth is a kind of plant that likes warm and humid all the year round. In places below zero, it will freeze to death in winter, while water hyacinth in the south is very easy to reproduce and flood. It will continue to grow and it will not take a few years to fill the whole river and lake.

The disaster caused by water hyacinth is man-made. It was originally just a very common aquatic ornamental plant. We can keep it in a small flower pot, restrict its growth, and turn it into a beautiful aquatic landscape plant. It likes warm, humid and ventilated environment. The location of maintenance should have more light, avoid cold winter, and the temperature should be about five degrees. Move to indoor maintenance.

Water hyacinth in summer and autumn season can open charming flowers, petals are pink, there is a petal also with colorful colors, a bit like phoenix feathers, so people call it water hyacinth.

If you want to raise a non-dead hydroponic plant, then water hyacinth is a good choice, early growth can put a little nitrogen fertilizer in the water, not three or four weeks can grow a large pot, placed in a place with sufficient light, you can grow vigorously, summer and autumn can see brilliant flowers, of course, do not give too much nitrogen fertilizer, otherwise it will cause excessive growth of stems and leaves, there is no way to bloom.

Conservation of water hyacinth is particularly simple, just need to prepare a container without holes, add enough water, you can add some pond mud or sludge in the basin. During the growth of water hyacinth, give more light, add water in time when the water level drops, clean up if you find green algae growing on the water surface, and you can even raise some small fish in the water to avoid mosquito larvae breeding in the water.

The maintenance temperature in summer is kept at about 30~42 degrees, giving sufficient light, so that it is easy to bloom.

When moving to indoor maintenance in winter, the water should not be put too deep, and a water level of about 5 cm can be left. Self-maintained water hyacinth can only be cultivated in small pots, avoid throwing it into ponds or rivers and five inside, otherwise water hyacinth will soon overflow and cause catastrophic damage to the environment.