Tag Archives: Water Lilies

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

Wildlife Ponds

Posted on April 19, 2013 by LiliesWaterGarden

Wildlife Ponds Everywhere in nature where you find fresh water, you will also find a diverse eco-system of wildlife. Lakes, Ponds, Streams, Rivers, Canals, Fens, Marshes, Dew Ponds and Mountain Tarns are home to thousands of animal and plant species … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature And Wildlife, Plant Health, Uses For Water Plants | Tagged amphibians, apponogetons, bees, birds, blood worms, british aquatic plants, british native plants, british plants, british pond life, british pond plants, british pond plants native aquatic plants, british water plants, british wildlife, cadis flies, canals, china mark moths, Common Frogs, common toads, crane flies, creating wildlife ponds, dew ponds, dragon flies, dragon fly nymphs, ducks, eco system, fish, fresh water shrimps, grass snakes, greater crested newts, herons, hornwort, hover flies, hydra, invertebrates, lakes, leaches, lythrum salicara, mammals, Marginal Plants, marsh frogs, marshes, may flies, microscopic organisms, milfoil, mountain tarns, native aquatic plants, native plants, native pond life, native water plants, nuphars, palmate newts, pond life, pond snails, ponds, potentilla palustris, potomogeton, raft spiders, reptiles, rivers, smooth newts, spring tails, starwort, stickle backs, streams, water beetles, water boatmen, water crowfoot, water fleas, water fowl, Water Lilies, water scorpions, water shrews, water skaters, water voles, wildlife ponds | Leave a comment

Edible and Medicinal Pond Plants

Posted on March 8, 2013 by LiliesWaterGarden

Edible and Medicinal Pond Plants When we think of water gardens and ponds, we imagine a picture of nature, made up of reflections, fish, wildlife and plants. The plants we visualise are usually of Rushes and Water lilies and pond … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature And Wildlife, Plant Health, Plant Profiles, Uses For Water Plants | Tagged achillea ptarmica, acourus calamus, acourus calamus variegata, apponogeton distachyos, aquatic edible plants, aquatic mint, aquatic plants, bog garden plants, brandy bottle, brooklime, brookweed, bullrush, butomus umbellatus, cardamine, cardamine pratensis plena, cardamine pretensis, colocasia, colocasia esculenta, cuckoo flower, cyperus longus, deep marginal plants, duck potato, Duckweed, eating aquatic plants, eating wild plants, edible aquatic plants, edible plants, edible pond plants, Edible Water Plants, floating plants, flowering rush, food for free, free floating plants, free floating pond plants, giant rhubarb, glyceria, glyceria maxima variegata, green arrow arum, gunnera tinctoria, houttuynia cordata, hydrocotyl, hydrocotyl vulgaris, lemna, lesser celendine, lotus, Marginal Plants, marginal rush, matteucia struthiopteris, Medicinal Plants, mentha aquatica, nasturtian officinal, nelumbo, norfolk rush, nuphar luteum, nymphaea, orange peel plant, osmunda reagalis, ostrich fern, peltandra virginica, pennywort, phragmites auatralis, phragmites australis, pond health, pontederia, pontederia cordata, pontederia cordata alba, pontederia dilatata, pontederia lanceolata, potentilla arsernia, ranunculus ficaria, reed mace, sacred lotus, sacredlotus, sagittara tubers, sagittaria, sagittaria flore plena, sagittaria japonica, sagittaria sagittifolia, sagittifolia graminea, samolus valerandii, scirpus lacustris, shallow marginal plant, shuttlecock fern, silverweed, sparganium erectum.burr reed, sweet galigale, trappa natans, tubers, typa latifolium variegata, typha, typha angustifolia, typha gracilis, typha latifolia, typha minima, typha shuttleworthii, veronica becabunga, water chestnuts, water cress, water gardens, water hawthorne, Water Lilies, water lily, water mint, water nuts, water plants, wet habitats, wild foods | Leave a 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

Autumn Care of Pond Plants

Posted on October 30, 2012 by LiliesWaterGarden

Autumn Care of Pond Plants October and November are the best months to tidy up your pond or water-garden and, to put your plants to sleep for the winter. If the last few UK winters are anything to go by, … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Health, Water Testing | Tagged aquatic life, aquatic plants, autumn, autumn care for aquatic plants, autumn care for pond plants, autumn care for ponds, autumn care for water gardens, looking after your pond in autumn, Marginal Plants, plant life, pond care, pond plants, stagnant ponds, stagnant water, testing water clarity, toxins in ponds, toxins in water, uk winters, water garden care, water garden pond care, water gardens, Water Lilies, water plants, water testing, water toxins, winter care for pond plants | Leave a comment

Free Floating Pond Plants

Posted on May 25, 2012 by LiliesWaterGarden

Free Floating Pond Plants Out of all the different categories of Pond plants, there is a very small collection that has adapted over the years, to free float on the water. Fortunately, they are easy to grow and have very … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Health, Plant Profiles, Uses For Water Plants | Tagged algae, algae problems, aquatic plants, aquatic plants water plants, aquatic wildlife, attractive aquatic plants, attractive pond plants, attractive water plants, azzola pinnata, blanketweed, blanketweed problems, buying pond plants, clear water, conservatory plants, curing algae, curing blanketweed, curing green water, Duckweed problems, eichornia crassipes, eradicating duckweed, ferns, fish, floating fern, floating leaves, floating plants, free floating plants, free floating pond plants, frost hardy plants, green water, green water problems, healthy ponds, invasive pond plants, lemnaceae, life in ponds, muddy margins, nutrients, oxygenating plants, pistia stratiotes, plantlets, plants for ponds, plants that float, pond balance, pond health, pond life, pond plants, pond problems, pond wildlife, ponds, problematic pond plants, salvinia natans, shallow water, stratiotes aloides, submerged aquatic plants, submerged plants, submerged pond plants, submerged water plants, surface cover for ponds, water gardens, water hyacinths, water lettuce, Water Lilies, water plants, water soldiers, water velvet, wildlife | Leave a comment

Water Lilies

Posted on April 5, 2012 by LiliesWaterGarden

Water Lilies There are about 50 wild species of Water Lilies that grow naturally and come from all corners of the world, from the northern hemisphere to the tropics. It’s those species that have given birth to a spectrum of … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Profiles, Uses For Water Plants | Tagged aquatic plants, buying water lilies, colecting water lilies, growing water lilies, hardy water lilies, history of water lilies, hybridising water lilies, joseph bory latour marliac, origin of hybrid water lilies, pond plants, pygmaea helvola, tropical water lilies, Water Lilies, water lily cultivars, water lily cultivation, water lily hybrids, waterlilies for lakes, waterlilies for ponds, waterlilies for ponds.waterlilies for lakes | Leave a comment

Planting Water Lilies

Posted on February 26, 2011 by LiliesWaterGarden

Planting Water Lilies The first thing to consider before buying your water lilies, is the location in which they will be planted. All varieties will thrive in a sunny location and all will grow stronger, faster, and produce more flowers … Continue reading →

Posted in Pond Design And Planting | Tagged Aquatic Planting Tips, Plant Food, Ponds And Lakes, Types Of Water lilies, Water Lilies | Leave a comment

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