Alternanthera sessilis – Potted Wetland Plant

A colourful wetland plant with green to reddish foliage, best grown emersed in paludariums and ripariums rather than permanently submerged.

Plant Features

• Attractive green to reddish leaves

• Fast-growing stems

• Suitable for paludariums and ripariums

• Can be propagated from cuttings

Care Guide

• Difficulty: Easy to moderate

• Growth: Fast

• Lighting: Medium to high

• Position: Midground to background / emersed

• CO₂: Not essential for emersed growth

• Temperature: Approx. 20–28°C

How to plant

Carefully remove the plant from its pot and growing material and plant the stems into suitable substrate. For long-term growth, keep the roots and lower stems wet and foliage above the waterline. Not a true permanently submerged aquarium plant.

You will receive

1 × Alternanthera sessilis potted plant.