Water lily I.D and care advice (picks included)

[Samuel1988]

Evening all,

Was given several water lilies (well at least I think they are all water lilies) and was wondering if anyone knew what type they are?

Also, I have noticed one of these plants has some sort of disease - does anyone know what it is and how to cure it?

Thanks for your help,

Samuel

[Martin H]

The first one is a waterlily of some sort but the second is a Water Hyacinth, e.g. Water Hyacinth - Floating Pond Plants - GardenSite.co.uk

[WendyC]

I'm taking the top picture to be number one and that's the water hyacinth along with picture three. Water lilies have flat leaves which rest on the surface of the water. Think of good old Jeremy Fisher sitting on the lily pads!

[Martin H]

Sorry, forgot about the first pic. Wendy has it right.

[Samuel1988]

The water hyacinth being the bigger one of the two plants in pick one? Do you know what the smaller floating plant to the left of it is?

Sorry for the confusion, still getting used to uploading picks!

Samuel

[WendyC]

If you mean the tiny plants, it's duckweed. Nightmare stuff. Fish out as much as you can with a net.

[andy_j]

In the first pic, the smaller plant to the left of the water hyacinth is water lettuce. Both plants are tender and will not survive the frost. They are also fairly invasive and will spread like mad in warm conditions....i grow a few in my tropical aquarium.