Water Lilies and Iris Louisiana for Early Spring Planting In Your Pond Spring is the ideal time to plant Water Lilies and Iris Louisiana. Both these wonderful pond plants come in all colours of the rainbow and are sold as bare-rooted cut sections ready to be planted straight into clay/silt bottomed ponds and lakes or […]
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Clean Your Pond Out In February Most of us would still consider February as winter however, in certain parts of the UK like the west counties of Devon and Cornwall, spring usually arrives earlier than the southern counties of the UK though we soon catch up. Our wildlife seems to know best when […]
Read in fullPond Plants or Water Garden Plants (What Is the Difference)? This may well be one of the shortest articles I have ever written, but the two headings could cause a little confusion, so I need to explain. Pond Plants The plants under this heading are ‘true aquatics’ that like growing in water of […]
Read in fullThe History of Lilies Water Gardens All journeys have a beginning and an end but, I can only write up to this present day as the future of Lilies Water Gardens is yet to be told. I take a lot of pride in owning my own retail aquatic nursery and thought it would be fun […]
Read in fullBare-Rooted Water Lilies Hardy Water Lilies grow and spread from tubers and rhizomes. These soft woody root stocks are designed by nature to store essential nutrients and in late summer and early Autumn, the stems, blooms and Water Lily pads start to decompose adding more essential nutrients to existing nutrient rich pond sludge. Throughout […]
Read in fullThe Demoiselle, Natures Fresh Water Wonder Introduction My first sighting of a Demoiselle (from the Dragonfly family), was in North Devon whilst walking up a woodland stream. Female Demoiselle are brown in color and not as easy to spot but the males, are an incredible metallic blue, green and black in color. Unlike Dragonflies and Damselflies, […]
Read in fullBaldellia Ranunculoides (Lesser Water Plantain) Lesser Water Plantain is a British, shallow marginal plant that grows in still fresh water at the side of very gentle free flowing water. It has a creeping habit and produces a very pretty airy carpet of white/pale pink flowers from the end of May to the end of August. […]
Read in fullRe-Potting Marginal Pond Plants There are two types of marginal plants, shallow marginal plants and deep water marginal plants. Shallow marginal plants grow literally at the water edge and require no more than 4 cm of water depth. The different species and cultivars of deep water marginal plants require different water depths but most […]
Read in fullAttract Bees And Butterflies To Your Water Garden with Succisa Pratensis Succisa Pratensis also known as (Devils Bit Scabious), is a UK native deciduous perennial. It’s natural growing habitats include damp meadows, marshes and along river banks, however, the plant is quite versatile and will grow just as happily in slightly moist soil and […]
Read in fullGrowing Water Lilies in Deep Ponds One of the most frequent inquiries I receive is “What Water Lilies are suitable for deep water.”? The deepest water in larger ponds and lakes could be anywhere between 4 to 15 feet in depth or even deeper, but Water Lilies will not grow in waters of more than […]
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