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 [...]
Winter Hardy Waterlilies: Helvola, Andreana, and Gloriosa
It has been some time since we took a look at some hybrid waterlilies. Today we are going to look at three more. The first is N. Helvola. A wonderful dwarf variety. Dwarf waterlilies should not be planted too deep, they can do just fine from a few inches to close to two feet deep. [...]
Representative Drew Darby helps on the Texas White List
[UPDATE 1/27/2011: see the Jan 27th post where the Plant Ban is currently pulled from becoming new law] If you have not heard, the Texas legislature passed a goofy if not terrible bill banning all aquatic plants (pond plants) not listed on a government approved “white list” beginning January 1st 2011. Passed in 2009 without [...]
‘Kishin’ from Hawaii & Garet Uemura
“Kishin” stood out as soon as I got to the International Waterlily collection in San Angelo. Today or tomorrow I hope to get into the pools and film up close similar to the “bee’s eye view’ I got in Sarah P Duke Gardens. Now that judging in the 2010 waterlily competition has ended I will [...]
“Catherine Marie”
Around 1990 Ken Landon introduced some amazing Night Bloomers. My favorie is Jennifer Rebecca but Catherine Marie is a top notch nightbloomer. It has rich pink petals and pale yellow stamen with olive green pads. It is a cross between N. Woods White Knight x N. Red Flare just as N. Jennifer Rebecca is. Here [...]
Lotus at Auburn with Warner
Here is a video of some of the lotus Warner is growing at Auburn. Here Warner explains to me the varieties and growing procedures this year in one of many spots on Campus containing Lotus. Make sure volume is on. Learn more about Warner and he Auburn lotus in Issues 2 & 3 of the [...]
2010 International Waterlily Contest (pt 1)
Last week I had the pleasure of filming the contest lilies for this year. Here are 3 of the hardy waterlilies. I will have a few more videos and photos up soon. Note I cannot reveal the names of these lilies until the contest is over the middle of this month. Sarah P Duke Gardens [...]
Ultra Violet: The Summer Videos
The 2008 Best New Waterlily is a remarkable plant. Ultra Violet has grown so quickly and within weeks of fertilizing has big pads and up to 8 buds each day on the surface here in Ohio. I am using Ken Landon fertilizer 7802. The pads and flowers as you will see are just incredible. The [...]
New Salmon Lobelia & Landon Fertilizer
Salmon Lobelia: New Pink Lobelia that blooms from June until just before frost. Hardy to Zone 4. The plant has been given plenty of room to grow but have only reached about 14″ tall. Slightly shorter than the cardinal lobelia but should be comparable perhaps as it gets older. The second part of the video [...]
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