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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″ [...]

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Deep Purple hardy waterlilies exist…

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 [...]

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Ultra Violet: The Summer Videos

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 [...]

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New Salmon Lobelia & Landon Fertilizer

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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Bull’s Eye : A Direct Hit for Red Tropical Waterlilies

Bull’s Eye : A Direct Hit for Red Tropical Waterlilies

  Nymphaea Bull’s Eye: Developed by Florida Aquatics this new waterlily is the most correct Red a tropical day bloomer has achieved until this point. Often hot pink or rosey this adult plant is Red and when very mature nearly maroon. From Florida Aquatic: The flower color is the real eye-catcher on this lily. The [...]

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FOXFIRE: The amazing tropical waterlily. Can bloom 3 days and up to 36hrs without closing.

FOXFIRE: The amazing tropical waterlily. Can bloom 3 days and up to 36hrs without closing.

The amazing Foxfire, loved by most who have seen her was developed by Craig Presnell, one of the parents being Ampla, a large species waterlily. Grown very large in the south the adult plants can get 15 feet across easily but only after many months of growing, lots of sunlight, and about a 20 gallon [...]

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