Recent Posts Tagged With 'aquatic plant species'

• Another Lilyfest Success

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 14:06 in aquatic plant species, hybrid water lilies, tropical water lilies (annuals), interviews & experts

  The 2009 Lilyfest at Ken Landons International Water Lily collection brought many people to the park in San Angelo. One of the few rain storms of the 2009 year visited as well but that could not keep the flowers from blooming or the visitors from che...

• Water Lily vs Lotus … please read the guide

  Posted on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 08:20 in lotus, water lily, water gardening, water lilies, pond plants, backyard pond, waterlilies, lotus pond, hardy water lilies, aquatic plant species, proper planting, growing lotus

  Lilies and Lotus are different. Beginning water garders may not know this. To those of us who grow its simple. The roots are different, the leaves, the planting, the tubers, the flowers. For beginners remember lotus stand high out of the water, the l...

• 2009 IWGS Water Lily Awards

  Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 14:29 in add new tag, aquatic plant species, hybrid water lilies, tropical water lilies (annuals), iwgs, water garden competition, water lily awards, waterlily competition

  And the winners are…. Tim Davis has just uploaded the results on IWGS. Congratulations to Florida Aquatics, Fourth Generation Nursery, Andreas Protopapas, and all the entrants in the 2009 competition. The names have also been released by Florid...

• Too much news, is really good news

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 23:12 in lotus, auburn university, nelumbo, aquatic plant species, about zac, interviews & experts, paula biles, auburn lotus, auburn nelumbo, warner orozco-obando

        Well folks, though I have been growing aquatic plants for many years, over 17 years, I am still quite young luckily and have plenty more knowledge to absorb. This blog is honestly as much for myself as a reference or journal to look back o...

• So you might not ever see the “first” Blue Hardy Lily…

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 21:07 in hardy water lilies, little off topic, aquatic plant species, about zac, hybrid water lilies, tropical water lilies (annuals), blue hardy lily, blue water lily, pairat songpanich, siam blue hardy

        Unfortunately I did not stay until the end of St. Charles IL symposium. Over the weekend Pairat Songpanich, creator of “Nymphaea ‘Siam Blue Hardy’, spoke about the creation of the worlds first Blue hardy Water Lily. From ...

• NEW 2010 Water Lily Preview, after so many new water lilies in 2009

  Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 04:31 in Water Garden Plants, water lilies, pond plants, waterlily, tropical water lilies, pond lilies, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, about zac, hybrid water lilies, tropical water lilies (annuals), annual water lilies

           This post is more of a twitter announcement than an actual blog post but, get ready for some facinating new species for 2010. As I update this blog with photos of the 2009 new species growing this summer consider some great new color...

• IWGS Symposium 7-16-09 Journal

  Posted on Friday July 17th, 2009 at 00:13 in symposium, lotus, water gardens, botanic gardens, hardy water lilies, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, proper planting, marginal shelf or bog plants, about zac, hybrid water lilies, tropical water lilies (annuals)

  Today was a fantasmic beginning to this weeks events. Highlights included much of the day at Chicago Botanical Gardens. A wonderful tour of much of the 6 miles of shoreline were visited. Hardy water lilies, bog plants, lotus and more including Japane...

• Summer Perfection (Part 1) My perfect Bogs

  Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 19:54 in bog plants, bogs, submerged plants, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, proper planting, oxygenating plants, marginal shelf or bog plants, shelf plants, about zac, submerged water garden plants, building ponds

        The following photos are of my dear friends Greg and Marcia’s pond. Rebuilt in the summer of 2004, Greg and Marcia had a preexisting pond and amazing outdoor train hobby collection Greg had maintained since I believe the early 1990s....

• Paula Biles Interview (Part 2)

  Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 18:12 in Water Garden Plants, bog plants, lotus, water gardening, pond plants, lotus flowers, lotus seeds, tropical water lilies, lotus effect, lotus plants, nelumbo, spring preparation and planting

    PART 2         (To Learn more about Paula see the introduction in Part 1) Q You note some interesting research by scientists in the book. It has been a couple of years since the book was first released as a booklet. Are there any new tech...

• Paula Biles Interview (Part 1)

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 18:06 in lotus, spring preparation and planting, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, marginal shelf or bog plants, interviews & experts, lotus cooking, lotus worship, sacred lotus

    PART 1          I am happy to introduce Water-Garden-Blog’s first guest expert Paula Biles. Paula’s love for water gardening and lotus go back many years. She has been a great writer on a number of subjects and on many proj...

• Meet me in St. Charles…

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 22:18 in lotus, pond plants, 2009 symposium, hardy water lilies, spring preparation and planting, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, proper planting, marginal shelf or bog plants, about zac, floating pond plants, hybrid water lilies

        In a few days we will be heading west to St. Charles for the annual symposium. This years 5 day tour will feature Mr. Pairat Songpanich from Thailand. A special auction, local garden tours, a tour of the aquascapes building and facility, a...

• Monkey Flowers

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 05:09 in Water Garden Plants, pond plants, mimulus, monkey flower, spring preparation and planting, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, proper planting, marginal shelf or bog plants, shelf plants, pond flowers, aquatic flowers

  Mimulus (Monkey Flower)       Monkey flowers come in different colors but they are highly variable.  The yellow Monkey Flower may grow from six inches to three feet in height.  It grows throughout North America but it isn’t as cold tolera...

• Free Victoria

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 04:34 in waterlily, victoria amazonica, victoria regia, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, tropical water lilies (annuals), nymphaeaceae, victoria cruziana, victoria water lily

         I had an unexpected delivery waiting for me when I go home last night.  What was in the box, a Victoria Lily. Normally we ship all our new lilies out of Florida but as luck would have it we have no more Victoria water lilies in Florida ...

• 2010 Aquatic Plants!

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 19:10 in aquatic plants, Water Garden Plants, lotus, water lilies, aquatic species, plant species, hardy water lilies, little off topic, spring preparation and planting, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, oxygenating plants

  What I mean to say is I want to know over the next 6 weeks or so what additional species you would like to see from our nurseries. We offer more aquatic species than any other retail supplier in the world thanks to our superior Florida growers who ar...

• 2 Important Resources a water gardener should have. . .

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 01:01 in lotus, hardy water lilies, water garden books, spring preparation and planting, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, proper planting, oxygenating plants, marginal shelf or bog plants, floating pond plants, hybrid water lilies, tropical water lilies (annuals)

       There are several excellent  books we use for resource information, two of the books we highly recommend are Encyclopedia of Water Gardensby Greg Speichert and Sue Speichert  and the other book is Waterlilies and Lotuses by Perry D. Slocum...

• Muskrats, raccoons and other pests. . .oh my!

  Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 23:53 in herons, muskrats, spring preparation and planting, tadpoles and frogs, aquatic plant species, pond preadators, aphids on lily pads, pond raccoons, water garden pests, water lily aphids

       The results of animal pests can be quick and extremely damaging.  Animals are one of the most destructive things that can happen to a water garden.  Muskrats, deer, crayfish and birds are among the pests that do the most damage, although ...

• What’s in a name?

  Posted on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 23:57 in gardening, gardens, Water Garden Plants, bog plants, lotus, iris, taro, water lily, canna, water lilies, pond plants, hardy water lilies

  How are the water garden plants you get in the mail or FedEx to your home grown? Where are they grown? Well it depends on where you purchase them. There are many growers in the United States. The safest place to look for water plants would be anyone ...

• The Lotus: Spring Opportunity by Nancy G. deGarmeaux

  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 22:47 in water garden, Water Garden Plants, lotus, water lilies, pond plants, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, growing pond plants, marginal shelf or bog plants, pond lotus

       The Lotus is one of the world’s most beautiful flowers.  No other flower holds such universal fascination.  The attraction affects us all, no matter your station in life–scientists, historians, artists, spiritualists to garden...

• TARO: Bog Plant or Garden Plants

  Posted on Sunday April 12th, 2009 at 15:43 in ponds, bog plants, poi, taro, water gardens, water gardening, pond plants, colocasia, elephant ears, spring preparation and planting, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants

  Taro are both a common garden plant and now water garden plant. Many know the leaves to be called “Elephant Ears” in the 48 states, but in Hawaii it is a very common vegetable! Grown normally from a tuber or bulb. The older the tuber t...

• A remarkable “Lotus Guide”

  Posted on Saturday April 4th, 2009 at 21:00 in lotus, water gardening, spring preparation and planting, aquatic plant species, my favorite pond plants, proper planting, growing lotus, growing pond plants

  aula Biles is managing editor of PondKeeper Magazine, Executive Director of the International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society (IWGS), and has been a regular columnist for multiple publications and Magazines. Kelly Billing has worked as the Nurs...