Buy Waterlilies and Pond Plants in 2010! (Part 1)
By Zac deGarmeaux (Pond Megastore) Buying Pond Plants and Waterlilies online from vendors and nurseries usually provides a much larger selection than choosing from smaller local nurseries. At Pond Megastore, we offer developed full grown water lilies, some vendors only offer Tubers or Rhizomes. Other companies just lay rhizomes in warm water allowing them to sprout [...]
Lotus technology and science
Paula Biles, the worlds best friend of the Lotus and award winning co-author of the book “The Lotus: Know it and Grow it” pointed out a New York Times article last week about further discovery on how the lotus leaves stay dry. For readers of her book you will know that the lotus is [...]
Waterlily vs Lotus … please read the guide
HERE IS THE PLANTING GUIDE: ” ” Lilies and Lotus are different. Beginning water gardeners 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 leaves and flowers can grow [...]
Too much news, is really good news
Well folks, though I have been growing aquatic plants for many years, over 17 years, I am still quite young luckily and have plenty more knowledge to absorb. This blog is honestly as much for myself as a reference or journal to look back on as it is to share with you. I want [...]
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;
Paula Biles Interview (Part 2)
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 technological developments that have been sparked by the lotus you [...]
Paula Biles Interview (Part 1)
PART 1 I am happy to introduce Water-Garden-Blog’s first guest expert Paula Biles. Paula’s love for water gardening and lotus go back many years. She has been a great writer on a number of subjects and on many projects from magazines to journals and even a local Florida water garden club. Many water lily (Nymphaea) and [...]
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 [...]
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