It took almost all summer for the three water hyacinths I originally purchased in spring for my small pond to begin growing and expanding. All of a sudden I notice that they’ve taken over the real ...

Q: I have a small 18-gallon patio pond. My water hyacinth is doing great, but when winter comes, how can I overwinter it indoors? Would a heater in the outdoor pond work? Alfred Britt, Henry County A: ...

Water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) is a free-floating freshwater perennial that is native to South America. It was introduced into the U.S. as an ornamental, but then escaped. It can form thick ...

Water hyacinth is a highly invasive aquatic plant that poses significant challenges to water systems worldwide, impeding navigation, reducing oxygen transfer, and threatening native biodiversity. Yet, ...

Water hyacinth may look lovely in a backyard pond, but the floating lily- like bulbs are spreading like a pest across the waterways of the Sacramento- San Joaquin River Delta, getting tangled in boat ...

The genome sequence of water hyacinth reveals that it has undergone a whole genome duplication, resulting in a large number of protein-coding genes 1. Most of these genes are associated with ...