Aquatic Lingo “true aquatic”
A question yesterday from Cathy of Houston Texas as to what a true aquatic was. As stated by the IWGS, “True aquatics grow either underwater – submersed, or partly underwater – emersed.” This would make of course waterlilies true aquatics, and you may think of submerged oxygenators as true aquatics, but not all (even some [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Moneywort (Bacopa monnieri) New 2009
Though only new for the company I work for, I have been familiar with moneywort for some time. It is easy to grow and can be planted as an oxygenator under the water or a flowering bog plant. This plant can actually be grown as an herb apparently benefiting the brain. I am not growing it for that purpose so that’s as deep as I will go into that use. As a submerged pond plant it is very easy to grow and enjoys light. This plant will probably rot and die in shady ponds.
Red Star Ludwigia (Ludwigia glandulosa) NEW 2009!
Of the four new submerged oxygenating pond plants we are introducing to the homeowners of water gardens in 2009 this I think will be my favorite. A fan of Ludwigia repens for years this new market variety is bright red and grows from below the waters surface to above. The foliage is absolutly fantastic, a deep wine red in color bings something new and amazing to the surface of the pond.
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