Panda Telescopes – Goldfish
Yesterday I was out trimming lilypads & spent blooms. I thought that while there was a lot of room I would video a few goldfish. The first video is of the slow but fancy ‘Panda Telescopes’, or ‘Panda Moors’. Black and white color give them the panda name, and the eyes that bulge outward are [...]
Mayla – A wonderful easy growing waterlily
Mayla is a favorite hardy waterlily. Free flowering and for years one of the brightest and larger waterlily. Grow easily in zones 3-8. It will also grow in zones 9-11 but may burn a little in deep summer and under heavy fertilizer. I would suggest a pot 3 gallons or more in size (at least 10″ [...]
Deep Purple hardy waterlilies exist…
Today is a day that word begins spreading across the world that Purple and Blue hardy waterlilies are something that people will indeed be able to grow in their water gardens. A few years ago Pairat Songpanich hybrized what is the worlds first hardy (inter-sub-genetic) waterlily with a blue (lavendar) hue. The good news was [...]
Ultra Violet: The Summer Videos
The 2008 Best New Waterlily is a remarkable plant. Ultra Violet has grown so quickly and within weeks of fertilizing has big pads and up to 8 buds each day on the surface here in Ohio. I am using Ken Landon fertilizer 7802. The pads and flowers as you will see are just incredible. The [...]
LOTUS Issue
Tim Davis has recently published the 2nd quarter IWGS Journal for 2010 and a few of my photos from my southern trip were used. I hope to visit Auburn and Ten Mile Creek again. Everyone including Warner, Bills, Laura, and Steve let me in on some great lotus learning and shared so many new varieties [...]
New Salmon Lobelia & Landon Fertilizer
Salmon Lobelia: New Pink Lobelia that blooms from June until just before frost. Hardy to Zone 4. The plant has been given plenty of room to grow but have only reached about 14″ tall. Slightly shorter than the cardinal lobelia but should be comparable perhaps as it gets older. The second part of the video [...]
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