introducing ‘Tanzanite’
New from Florida Aquatics, winner of best new waterlily 2009. Nymphaea ‘Tanzanite’ was the Best New Waterlily of 2009 as awarded by the International Waterlily and Water Garden Association in their annual new waterlily competition. Deep violet purple flowers with over 50 petals are a highlight of this plant. Darker in color than any other [...]
‘Kishin’ from Hawaii & Garet Uemura
“Kishin” stood out as soon as I got to the International Waterlily collection in San Angelo. Today or tomorrow I hope to get into the pools and film up close similar to the “bee’s eye view’ I got in Sarah P Duke Gardens. Now that judging in the 2010 waterlily competition has ended I will [...]
St. Louis Marmorata (1917)
More live from Lilyfest 2010. From IWC San Angelo, TX. George Pring’s Unreleased N. St. Louis Marmorata Come see N. St. Louis Marmorata. This is a waterlily that was unreleased to the trade by Mr. Pring. It was one of the crosses created in attempt to create a yellow hybrid lily. It is of major [...]
“Catherine Marie”
Around 1990 Ken Landon introduced some amazing Night Bloomers. My favorie is Jennifer Rebecca but Catherine Marie is a top notch nightbloomer. It has rich pink petals and pale yellow stamen with olive green pads. It is a cross between N. Woods White Knight x N. Red Flare just as N. Jennifer Rebecca is. Here [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2010 Anticipation & Excitment
This morning I got online and at 10:32AM got an email which said simply “Go here…. NOW>>>>>” with a link attached. With the click of a mouse, I saw it was true. From this day forward, Hardy Waterlilies will NEVER again stand as a slightly less impressive plant in the shadows of amazing vibrant tropical waterlilies. “Wanvisa” [...]
Excitement in Bloom
Flower Barn co-owner spends a lifetime cultivating beauty Lori Shontz The Penn Stater magazine — At first, all George Griffith wanted was a pond. Just a little one, somewhere in a corner of his family’s land in western Pennsylvania. After getting permission to dig one, he saved his money to buy a couple of goldfish to live there. After [...]
Christmas Delivery Special …….. Nymphaea “Infinite Love”
Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings. Much to prepare for in 2010, the beginning of a new decade and our full second year here. On December 12th 2009 Water-Garden-Blog.com turned 1 year old! How could I miss that I was going to do a special post that day and forgot. On the good news front [...]
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