Pond Plants
Opening Green Smoke Lily Wallpaper
Today’s wallpaper is a beautiful tropical lily that I photographed during my recent trip to our partner nursery. It’s a Green Smoke lily, with pale blue tips to the... Read More »
Visiting the Nursery
In the last several months I’ve found myself spending a lot more time in beautiful Charleston, SC. This opened up a great opportunity to visit our partner nursery, Charleston Aquatic... Read More »
Photographing an Old Friend
Each year at my mom’s house we have a bit of a tradition: photographing the pink lotus. Because lotus blooms don’t tend to last very long, we have a... Read More »
Water Garden Tips
“Neglect your watery haven and it could quickly become a stagnant hell” - words from Andi Clevely over at mydeco.com. She has some tips for keeping your pond in balance and... Read More »
Top Ten Water Plants
Finding the right blend of pond plants can be tough, especially if you’re a beginner. If you’re looking for some ideas, check out this list of the top ten... Read More »
Ideal Planting Zones
Pond plants can be fickle creatures and how/where they’re positioned can make all the difference. The amount of sunlight, how deep the water is, and how much surface area... Read More »
Sacred Blue Lily of the Nile
Key to the Fountain of Youth? It’s no wonder the plant became scarce. The “Sacred Blue lily of the Nile” (Nymphaea caerulea), was so popular, the once abundant and common... Read More »
Leprechaun Garden Series – Lily Pot
A new Urban slogan – “miniaturize it”. The answer was no to “super-size it” and passé is the call to “legalize it”. This one is smart, useful and fun. A... Read More »
Papyrus – Scrolls and Gardens
Ancient Egypt has the most well known documentation of the virtues of the Papyrus plant; largely because of the use they made of the fibers from the stem of this... Read More »
Lotus the Superhydrophobe
And we thought it was just another pretty flower. It’s a little known fact (as Cliff Clavin from Cheers would say), that the leaves of the lotus plant (Nelumbo) are... Read More »
Don’t be a stick-in-the-mud about pond plants
Pond hobbyists, and even a fair number of professional pond builders, regularly turn to the same handful of bog/marginal pond plants: taro, papyrus, arrowhead, cat tail, umbrella plant, and pickerel.... Read More »
