3 New Lotus and more coming next week.
Just added for 2011 from the suppliers at Pond Megastore are three new lotus from China. The lotus selection exploded last spring with over 50 new additions to the typical dozen or so common American varieties. The response was overwhelming, especially with consumers who are from countries where these lotus are so popular, namely Vietnam, [...]
Jennifer Rebecca, by Ken Landon
One of my very favorite waterlilies from Ken Landon he developed back around 1990 and has been in the trade for a few years. Jennifer Rebecca is a very deep red nightblooming waterlily that can stay open very late each morning and will not wilt as other deep red waterlilies do in the summer heat. [...]
Well Fed Waterlilies…
How do your waterlilies perform? Most comercially available new varieties of waterlilies are pretty good bloomers, as are many old ones. Many tropical waterlilies will have an enormous amount of blooms when properly planted. 1. Do you have the right size container?A two gallon container is pretty standard for medium water gardens but most lilies [...]
Lotus in containers and water gardens
Earlier this week we have added out 100th video. Most all now in high definition so we hope you can enjoy them in full screen to get a great view of some of the plants. I recently viewed the videos in HD on a 60 inch tv and the quality was remarkable if you choose [...]
Extinct Waterlily Species N. capensis var Zanzibariensis
Still alive in choice collections such as the International Waterlily Collection and a few growers for crossing hybrids. This African native waterlily species is extinct in nature. Species waterlilies are important as you cannot develop strong hybrids the further away from the species material that you have. You begin getting mutations and poor plant qualities. [...]
Pond Outlaws, Texas water plant legislation to sweep more states.
[UPDATE 1/27/2011: see the Jan 27th post where the Plant Ban is currently pulled from becoming new law] Water Garden regulation is about to sweep the nation. Texas is finalizing the white list of approved Aquatic Plants. Soon all Taro (over 100 types of Elephant ears), Papyrus, Cattails, Creeping Jenny, and a number of other [...]
Peach Blow – Viviparous Waterlilies
Peach Blow, one of our best selling pink waterlilies, a mildly viviparous hybrid created by George Pring. It’s date of origin and publication is 1941. It has peach pink yellow petals shaped in a round shape. It has light green pads. With a recent visit with Longwood Gardens Waterlily expert Patrick Nutt he mentioned what a [...]
‘TANZANITE’ Waterlily Has Arrived
Would you like to have some nice waterlilies sold locally? Pond Megastore and Champion Bay Aquatics will be adding Tanzanite and about 8 other waterlilies to a list close to 200 other water lilies this spring which are shipped wholesale grown / blooming size to Garden Centers and Landscapers all over the United States. Tanzanite [...]
Ken Landon: Magnificent work
Ken Landon of the International Waterlily Collection in San Angelo Texas is often featured on this blog for his many accomplishments. Today we are publishing his introduction video of “Blue Cloud”. This is one of the best attractions to Civic League Park, and Australian waterlily from Gigantea crossed back over and over again over the [...]
Help keep the Water Garden Plants safe
The water garden industry is moderately regulated due to some invasive plants that have a tendency to invade native waters when hobbyists and collectors discard them in waterways. The “former” aquarium trade which is more widespread helped to release many submerged aquatics across North America for more than a century. Today with the internet most [...]
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