Attracting Newts to Your Pond One of the great things about owning a back garden pond is the amount of wildlife that it will attract, and if you follow a few easy guidelines, you should be lucky enough to attract and establish a colony of Newts. If you are still in the process […]
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Pond Plants to suit all your needs When it comes to planting up your pond or water garden, knowing where to start can be a daunting task. There are a lot of factors to consider when selecting the right plants that will thrive and be happy in your existing or newly created pond. Here […]
Read in fullPersicaria Amphibia – Amphibious Bistort Persicaria Amphibia also known as Polygonum Amphibian, is a terrestrial native plant that can be found growing wild all over the UK. It thrives as a deep water submerged plant and can be found in natural clay bottomed ponds, lakes, rivers, ditches and manmade canals, but being terrestrial, (growing […]
Read in fullCallitriche – For Oxygenating and Attracting Newts Callitriche is a submerged aquatic but also terrestrial plant that grows under water to a water depth of 60 cm. It adapts to growing in shallow and moist margins, where it favors clay and silt. There are many wild species that are very similar in appearance and they […]
Read in fullAttracting British Amphibians to your Water Garden One of the main attractions when creating a water feature in our gardens is, the hope that we will attract that lovely and sometimes comical, array of amphibians. We all like the idea of a bit of home conservation, and inviting Frogs, Toads and Newts to […]
Read in fullAmphibian Watch Autumn-Winter 2016 During my autumn nursery tidy up this year, I was amazed at the amount of Amphibians I found almost on a daily basis. Most of them I found under plant trays, but some were found under fiberglass plant holding tanks in little hollows of earth. All these hiding places were favored for […]
Read in fullAcorus Calamus-Sweet Flag This forever popular marginal plant also known as ‘Scented Rush’ or ‘Sweet Flag’, is one of my favourite plants to propagate as the rhizomes give off an addictive aniseed scented aroma when they are cut or broken, however, the leaves give off a less attractive scent when brushed. This marginal plant produces […]
Read in fullCommon Toads-Bufo Buffo The common Toad is one of the UKs most treasured amphibians. Also known as the European Toad, they can be found widely throughout the UK. Toads are nocturnal and will hide from predators in damp places during the day such as, underneath stones, logs and heavy vegetation. When night falls, they are […]
Read in fullMazus Reptans Also known as ‘Chinese Marsh Flower’, Mazus Reptans is a variety of Alpine that gives very good ground cover. It produces Matt-forming, bright green, foliage and a mass of purple or white flowers. The white flowered variety grows more tightly compact than the purple species. Mazus are frost hardy, evergreen plants that like […]
Read in fullDeep Water Marginal Pond Plants Here at Lilies Water Gardens, we have created our own name for a category of very special plants and some of these pond plants belong in several different categories. All are very adaptable and can be grown in a wide diversity of different conditions ranging from shallow margins […]
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