Porch Ponds / Patio Ponds
Decks, patios, and porches can make for small and creative water gardens. Remember the plants you add to these features may need soil and to be potted and be aware of what depth you can plant the plants. In containers, lilies can be planted from 4 inches to 3 feet deep. The deeper the lily is [...]
So you might not ever see the “first” Blue Hardy Lily…
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 Waterlily. From what I know and I don’t know everything, there may not be a second plant. Though completely possible [...]
IWGS Symposium 7-16-09 Journal
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 Japanese gardens, waterfalls, all among the other gardens and a great shoreline luncheon. I got [...]
2009 INTERNATIONAL WATER GARDEN SYMPOSIUM
LIVE UPDATES FROM CHICAGO START TONIGHT! St. Charles, IL home of the 2009 International Water Garden and Water Lily Symposium… THE ONLINE WATER LILY AUCTION IS ACTIVE AND OPEN UNTIL SATURDAY! a2a_linkname=”Water-Garden-Blog Water Lilies and Pond Plants”;a2a_linkurl=”http://www.Water-Garden-Blog.com”;a2a_num_services=16;
Meet me in St. Charles…
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 Biotope Tour at Elgin Community College. And much more. Early registration [...]
2010 Aquatic 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 are constantly creating new impressive species but [...]
2 Important Resources a water gardener should have. . .
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. We hope you can curl up in a chair or hammock beside your pond or [...]
Dwarf and Small Water Lilies
Small Pond and Container Gardens An easy and inexpensive way to spice up a corner of your yard, patio or porch is to add a small water feature. There are options for every homeowner to add another dimension to your Spring and Summer flower garden. Just add a container garden. Small ponds and [...]
What’s in a name?
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 listed in the international water garden society [...]
The New Battle stations, Part one
Loads of training, preparation and installation of the new North offices in Canton Ohio are almost finished. Thanks so much to Steve Mears for all his help and influence over the fall and winter months, a very good man. Some pictures of the new offices we have built for the new phone service people are included below. My dad and I built the new desks last August and they are working wonderfully.
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