PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve efficient cultivation of aquatic plants by a simple constitution of the arrangement of a soil necessary for growing aquatic plants and sintered particles having the function of purifying water, inside or outside an aquatic plant cultivation container.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a soil for growing aquatic plants capable of achieving the subject by laying a floor soil 2 for growing aquatic plants and laying a layer of sintered particles with an average particle diameter of 1.0-5.0 mm on it at a thickness of 3 cm or more, and a cultivation container for aquatic plants in which the soil is laid.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】水生植物用栽培容器外又は当該容器内において、水生植物の育成に必要な土壌と水の浄化機能を有する焼結粒子の配置というシンプルな構成によって、効率的な水生植物の育成を実現すること。【解決手段】水生植物育成用の床土2を敷設し、その上側に平均粒径を1.0mm~5.0mmとする焼結粒子による層を3cm以上の厚さにて敷設することにより、前記課題を達成し得る水生植物育成用土壌及び当該土壌を敷設した水生植物用栽培容器。【選択図】図1