I bought three water lettuce plants about a month ago. My pond sits in full fun. In that month the root system has increased 5 fold. The roots extend down almost to the bottom of my pond (About 18 inches) and are really full. My fish love swimming in and out of them. Unfortunately the outer large leaves are all dying back. They appear to be growing new smaller plants but nowhere near the size of the older ones. Anyone have any experience with them?
Also I bought a large Water Hyacinth plant. It too is growing new baby plants. My question for this one is not only do I get full sun I also have a lot of wind. I find it tipped over many times or pushed up against the side walls. It appears to "stretch" itself out and put some leaves in the water to hold itself upright. Is this normal? Should I somehow anchor it to the side of the pond? For now I laid a stick across a leaf to get it to stay in place. I attached some pictures of the plants as well as some fish
Also I bought a large Water Hyacinth plant. It too is growing new baby plants. My question for this one is not only do I get full sun I also have a lot of wind. I find it tipped over many times or pushed up against the side walls. It appears to "stretch" itself out and put some leaves in the water to hold itself upright. Is this normal? Should I somehow anchor it to the side of the pond? For now I laid a stick across a leaf to get it to stay in place. I attached some pictures of the plants as well as some fish