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Aquatic Plants in the UK
Hi all,
Does anyone know of any aquatic retailers who have a good selection of plants anywhere near me (I live in England, UK, between London and Cambridge.)? I've been to 5 places in the last week and none have anything I can use for carpeting and most have non-aquatic plants on sale as if they were aquatic - up to 50% of their stock is like this in some cases. I particularly want Glossostigma elantinoides and/or Riccia fluitans and/or Hemianthus callitrichoides and Ludwigia inclinata var. Verticulata (Cuba). Alternatively, if anyone knows a reliable mail-order company shipping within or to the UK that would be great too. Any help would be very gratefully received. Thanks! Muddy |
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Aquatic Plants in the UK
muddyfox wrote:
Hi all, Does anyone know of any aquatic retailers who have a good selection of plants anywhere near me (I live in England, UK, between London and Cambridge.)? I've been to 5 places in the last week and none have anything I can use for carpeting and most have non-aquatic plants on sale as if they were aquatic - up to 50% of their stock is like this in some cases. I particularly want Glossostigma elantinoides and/or Riccia fluitans and/or Hemianthus callitrichoides and Ludwigia inclinata var. Verticulata (Cuba). Alternatively, if anyone knows a reliable mail-order company shipping within or to the UK that would be great too. Any help would be very gratefully received. Thanks! Muddy There has been a debate on just this subject on UK.REC.AQUARIA.MISC so it would probably be worth checking this out... Personally, I go in and ask the LFS when they are expecting their deliveries - usually they arrive Thursday/Friday ready for the weekend rush...I try to get in before the Saturday rush... Gill |
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muddyfox wrote:
Gill Passman wrote: There has been a debate on just this subject on UK.REC.AQUARIA.MISC so it would probably be worth checking this out... Thanks - I'll look that up. Personally, I go in and ask the LFS when they are expecting their deliveries - usually they arrive Thursday/Friday ready for the weekend rush...I try to get in before the Saturday rush... Yes, I chatted to them about deliveries and went in to look yesterday and today (depending on the date they were delivered in each shop) and found myself still out of luck. I just think they're not that hot on plants around here. Have you got a Maidenhead near you? I've found that they will order stuff in for me if I ask... |
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Gill Passman wrote: There has been a debate on just this subject on UK.REC.AQUARIA.MISC so it would probably be worth checking this out... Thanks - I'll look that up. Personally, I go in and ask the LFS when they are expecting their deliveries - usually they arrive Thursday/Friday ready for the weekend rush...I try to get in before the Saturday rush... Yes, I chatted to them about deliveries and went in to look yesterday and today (depending on the date they were delivered in each shop) and found myself still out of luck. I just think they're not that hot on plants around here. |
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(Big Smile) - just went to the Enfield branch of Maidenhead Aquatics
yesterday and stocked my tank (plants not fish)! I couldn't get even half of my first choice plants, but I got some other beauties. It looks wonderful, if a little cloudy from the Aquasoil. I am really pleased with it. The plants looks really healthy too. Dave, the manager, did offer to do a special order for me when I spoke to him over the phone but I decided against it in the end because it's quite a trek for me to get down to them and I didn't want to have to do the journey again for a while. My biggest change of plan was my choice of carpetting plant. I was looking for Glossostigma elantinoides or Hemianthus callitrichoides but they had nothing like that. They did have a good number of Amazon microsword's - Lilaeopsis which I used. Each pot had loads of plant in it and I was able to plant the whole floor with 5 pots by teasing it out into small clumps and spreading them around. When I get around to uploading them I'll post up a link to some photo's I took of it. Thanks for your help! Muddy |
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Have a look at this site http://www.java-plants.com/ They seem to have most of the species you mentioned. |
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