Recent Posts Tagged With 'hybrid water lilies'

• 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...

• Ken Landon and The International Water Lily Collection.

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 00:56 in water lily, my favorite pond plants, nymphea, hybrid water lilies, tropical water lilies (annuals), interviews & experts, international water lily collection, ken landon, san angelo water lilies, texas water lilies, tim davis, water lily collection

   I promised my new dear friend Cynthia the other night I would visit Southern Texas next year for Lily Fest 2010. Cynthia and her husband are just two of the dozens of great water garden enthusiasts I have met through the IWGS organization.     C...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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 ...