Ornamental Backyard Water Garden Algae Bloom vs Chemicals
There is no water garden that should ever need a chemical to control Algae. If you have a balance of plants and fish you wont commonly get much algae growth as plants can keep the pond in check except during a few weeks each spring plants may be slow to grow and algae can have [...]
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. [...]
Skimmer Filtration?
By far the easiest way to keep a pond clean is by having a skimmer as part if not all of your filtration. There are many inferior skimmers out there. Atlantic made some very flimsey skimmers a few years ago and though I know they have improved there are better ones on the market. Two [...]
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 [...]
Muskrats, raccoons and other pests. . .oh my!
The results of animal pests can be quick and extremely damaging. Animals are one of the most destructive things that can happen to a water garden. Muskrats, deer, crayfish and birds are among the pests that do the most damage, although domestic pets (cats and dogs can do damage as well). Muskrat Muskrats and crayfish [...]
Memorial Day Gardens
By Nancy G. deGarmeaux Many of our readers are getting ready for the Memorial Day Holiday. Hanging our flags, putting out our porch furniture, slipping in our screens, cutting grass, planting bulbs and flats of flowers, making our annual trip to the greenhouse for plants and flowers that will beautify our yards and water gardens. [...]
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 [...]
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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