Almost any kind of water plant should work well in the floating pots. I've only made my own floating pots but I root the plants in the pot without soil (almost like aquaponics (?)). Besides the floating duckweed I'm raising as a snack for my fishies and turtles I have stuck in "elephant ears", baby lily tubers, irises plus more. Almost like a floating nursery. Sometimes I tie the plant to the basket for sturdier stand.
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