With tiny leaf-like fronds, and the smallest flower and fruit in the plant world, duckweed may sound like delicate botanic specimen. However, this bright green denizen of ponds across Asia teams ...

it is hoped that the world's smallest flowering plant might prove particularly resilient to space conditions. Extremely hardy and fast-growing, duckweed often spreads to cover entire ponds and ...

In overgrown ponds, these plants coat the water's surface. These plants – called duckweed or water lentils – can grow so fast that they can double their numbers in just one to two days.

The pond plants will continue to photosynthesise under the ice - producing the oxygen that animals need - as long as they continue to get light. During spring and summer you may wish to top up your ...

Duckweed is a tiny, free floating green plant that can form thick blankets across a pond. Duckweed an important food source for birds and wildlife and it has such good water filtering capabilities ...