Tag Archives: Water Gardening

Pontederia Cordata and Cultivars

Posted on May 12, 2013 by LiliesWaterGarden

Pontederia Cordata and Cultivars Also known as Pickerel Weed, Pontederia are native to the north continent of America, where they can be found growing in wide range of areas. From Canada down to the swamps of Louisiana, vast colonies can … Continue reading →

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Buying Pond Plants

Posted on April 28, 2013 by LiliesWaterGarden

Buying Pond Plants In my trade, water gardening means growing plants in and around water or in damp or permanently wet areas, also incorporating the planting of lakes, ponds and their surrounding areas down to the smallest patio containers. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Pond Design And Planting | Tagged Aquatic Baskets, aquatic plants, azzola, black fly, bog gardens, buying pond plants, ditches, Duckweed, floating plants, free floating plants, Healthy Pond Plants, healthy ponds, Marginal Plants, marshes, moist borders, nymphaea chromatella, perennials, plant health, pond health, pond plants, ponds, pontederia cordata, spider mite, streams, Water Gardening, water gardens, Water Lilies, water plants, white fly | Leave a comment

Iris Pseudacorus

Posted on April 1, 2013 by LiliesWaterGarden

Iris Pseudacorus Probably the most widespread marginal plant in the world, the vigorous Iris Pseudacorus, or more commonly known as Flag Iris, is also native to Europe, Western Asia and North-East Africa. Over the years it has become an invasive … Continue reading →

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Native Aquatic Plants of Britain

Posted on March 17, 2013 by LiliesWaterGarden

Native Aquatic Plants of Britain One of the things we have plenty of and contribute to our rich green isles, is rainfall. Plenty of rainfall means plenty of wet habitats for our wildlife forming lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, bogs, marshes … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature And Wildlife, Plant Health, Pond Design And Planting, Uses For Water Plants | Tagged amphibians mammals, anagalis tenella, aquatic, aquatic life, aquatic mint, aquatic plants, aquatic plants of britain, aquatic plants of britain and ireland, aquatic pond weeds, aquatic terrestial plants, aquatic weeds, aquatic wildlife, bog arum, bog gardens, bog lands, bog pimpernal, bogs, brandy bottle, british aquatic plants, british butterflies, british wildlife, brooklime, bullrush, bumble bees, butomus umbelatus, calla palustris, callitriche hamulata, callitriche stagnalis, callitriche verna, caltha palustris, canals, cardamine pratensis, carex pendula, carnivourous plants, Common Frogs, coots, cuckoo flower, curled pond weed, deep water plants, devils bit scabious, ditches, edible aquatic plants, Encouraging Pond Life, eupatorium canibinum, filipendula ulmaria, filtration beds phyto-filtration, filtration plants, flood plains, flooded woodlands, flowering rush, Frog Spawn, geum rivale, grass snakes, grasses and sedges, Healthy Pond Plants, healthy ponds, hemp agrimony, honey bees, hydrocotyl vulgaris, iris pseudacorus, king cups, lakes, lesser celendine, lychnis flos cuculi, Marginal Plants, marginal rush, marsh cinquefoil, marsh fitillary butterfly, marsh marigolds, marsh valerian, marsh woundwort, marshes, marshy grassland, meadow sweet, mentha aquatica, moorhens, mossy streams, myasotis palustris, native aquatic plants, native plants, norfolk broads, norfolk rush, nuphar luteum, ornamental ponds, oxygenating plants, pennywort, phragmites australis, plants of britain, pond balance, pond health, pond life, pond plants, pond weeds, ponds, potentilla palustris, potomogeton crispus, ragged robin, ranunculus aquatilis, ranunculus ficaria, reed beds, reedmace, reptiles, rivers, semi aquatic plants, sphagnum moss, stachys palustris, starwort, streams, submerged aquatic plants, submerged aquatic pond weeds, submerged plants, succisa pratensis, terrestial plants, true bog plants, typha angustifolia, typha latifolia, uses for aquatic plants, uses for pond plants, uses for water plants, valerian officinalis, veronica becabunga, water avens, water crowfoot, water forget me not, Water Gardening, water gardens, water mint, water plants, waterfowl, weeping sedge, wild bees, wildlife ponds, wildlife water gardens, woodland swamps, yellow flag iris | 1 Comment

True Aquatic Plants

Posted on February 23, 2013 by LiliesWaterGarden

True Aquatic Plants There seems to be a lot of miss-guided information throughout the aquatic industry of what true aquatic plants are? It never ceases to amaze me to see marginal and bog-garden plants categorized together as a sales ploy … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature And Wildlife, Plant Health, Plant Profiles, Pond Design And Planting | Tagged aerating aquatic plants, aerating plants, apponogeton, aquatic, aquatic and drought, aquatic duckweed, aquatic fauna and flora, aquatic habitats, aquatic habits, aquatic life, aquatic marginal plants, aquatic plants, aquatic pond life, aquatic ponds, aquatic water gardening, aquatic water life, aquatic water lilies, bog gardens, deep marginal plants, drought, Duckweed, floating leaves, floating plants, gardening, giant amazon water lily, lakes, lilies, marginal aquatics, natural habitat, nuphars, oxygenating plants, pond aquatics, pond life, ponds, shallow marginal plants, streams, submerged, submerged aquatic plants, submerged plants, submersible aquatics, water aquatics, Water Gardening, water gardens, water in the gardening, water levels, water life, Water Lilies, water plants | 1 Comment

A Guide To Pond Plants

Posted on February 9, 2011 by LiliesWaterGarden

A Guide to Pond Plants Having created our pond, lake, stream or bog-garden, the next step is the planting, and the most exciting part is that no two water gardens need to ever look the same; you can create something … Continue reading →

Posted in Pond Design And Planting, Uses For Water Plants | Tagged Building A Pond, Creating A Bog Garden, Disguising Pond Liners, Encouraging Pond Life, Pond Construction, Water Gardening | Leave a comment

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