Summer Perfection (Part 1) My perfect Bogs
The following photos are of my dear friends Greg and Marcia’s pond. Rebuilt in the summer of 2004, Greg and Marcia had a preexisting pond and amazing outdoor train hobby collection Greg had maintained since I believe the early 1990s. Longtime pond owners Greg and Marcia had a fairly good idea of what they [...]
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 [...]
Monkey Flowers
Mimulus (Monkey Flower) Monkey flowers come in different colors but they are highly variable. The yellow Monkey Flower may grow from six inches to three feet in height. It grows throughout North America but it isn’t as cold tolerant as other species. It has yellow flowers that are about 1 1/2″ in size. [...]
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 [...]
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 Lotus: Spring Opportunity by Nancy G. deGarmeaux
The Lotus is one of the world’s most beautiful flowers. No other flower holds such universal fascination. The attraction affects us all, no matter your station in life–scientists, historians, artists, spiritualists to gardeners and pond owners. Experts the world over have shared their knowledge regarding the lotus’ secrets, from its medicinal value, to its nutritional [...]
TARO: Bog Plant or Garden Plants
Taro is a common garden plant as well as a water garden plant. Many know the plant to be called “Elephant Ears” in the 48 states, but in Hawaii it is a very common vegetable! Normally grown from a tuber or bulb. The older the tuber, the larger it is, and commonly the larger the plant. Common in [...]
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