Water Gardening: Plants you might not have thought of as water plants?, 1 by gothqueen

gothqueen wrote:
Are there any plants you grow in a pond or bog that you might not have ordinarily thought were suitable for that purpose?
I found a few. Here's one: Chinese Evergreen.

I bought this as a tiny starter plant, about 4" tall. Now its much bigger and just keeps growing. I put it directly into the stream, no pot, no soil, no nothing. It rooted in the gravel on the bottom and just took off.

I told someone once that I had this (and a few other plants) growing like this in the water and they said, "That's not possible, they just won't grow like that...eventually they will just wither away and die" but I am happy to report that this plant has lived here for well over a year now and is extremely happy. so don;t believe everyone who tells you something can't be done...