Dragonfly Aquatics Blog

Ducks in Your Pond

Walked out to the pond the other morning, and there they were, a pair of Mallard Ducks! My first thought was, oh how pretty they are, and what a cute couple they make! I started to have visions of the nest they would build next to the pond, after that the family of ducklings would [...]

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Blue Heron Decoy

Those annoying predators…..the one we dislike the most when we have fish swimming about.  Some of our customers have had their ponds depleted of fish because of the blue heron!  They are beautiful birds but please stay away from our ponds.  You’d think they’d go for the larger ponds with more fish. Blue Herons are territorial. [...]

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Blue Bells ‘Ruellia brittoniana’

Water bluebells are one of the easiest water plants to grow.  They are constantly covered with small, trumpet shaped 2 inch lavender-blue flowers with dark purple-green foliage throughout the growing season.  They take sun to part shade and moist soil or water over the crown up to 6  inches deep.  They reach 2 – 4 [...]

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Red Water Hibiscus

Red Water Hibiscus (Hibiscus coccineas) is only hardy in Zones 7-11.  It has deep crimson flowers that are 5 – 8 inches wide.  It is among the reddest of hibiscus in the plant kingdom.  Not only are the flowers magnificant but the leaves are narrow and divided, much like that of a Japanese maple leaf.  [...]

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Water Hibiscus

Water hibiscus (Hibiscus moscheutos) sometimes called swamp mallow or swamp rose mallow is a medium size shrub that has stunning 10-12 inch flowers.  They range in colors from white to deep red.    This hibiscus is hardy to Zone 5 and up.  This hibiscus prefers moist soil or water up to 4 inches deep but will [...]

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Pond Snails

The best snails to add to your pond are the Black Japanese Trapdoor Snails (Viviparis malleatus).  Trapdoor snails are brownish-black in color and are live-bearing snails. They are not like some of the  egg-laying snail varieties  and will not over run your pond with snails.  We ship snails that are anywheres from 3/4″ to 2 [...]

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Butterflies

Attracting butterflies to your backyard water feature is easy.  It’s another one of  life’s simple pleasures that all gardeners enjoy.  Some of the plants that will attract butterflies to your pond are: Butterfly Bush (Asclepias incarnata) – Favorite Aquatic Mint (Mentha aquatica) Marsh Forget-Me-Nots (Myosotis scorpioides) Lavender Musk (Mimulas ringens) Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Blue Lobelia (Lobelia syphilitica) Hibiscus (Hibiscus moscheutos)  Obedient Flowers (Physostegia [...]

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Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are primarily attracted to bright colors such as, red, orange and dark purple colors.  Tubular shaped flowers are among their favorites because of the amount of nectar they can hold.  While flower clusters also attract them, they don’t hold as much nectar and the hummingbird has to make more trips expending more energy to consume [...]

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Tadpoles & Frogs

Tadpoles are social creatures and some will even interact and school like fish do.  After about 6 weeks, you’ll begin to notice tiny little legs start to sprout.  The tadpoles we send normally have legs starting but some don’t.  You’ll begin to notice the head gets more distinct and the body elongates.  Their diet usually [...]

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Dragonfly

This picture was sent to us from a customer.  It would only make sense that we would have a lot of pictures of Dragonflies.  Dragonflies, I believe bring good luck.  They are a symbol of transformation and life’s ever-constant process of change. Change…..we seem to be hearing that a lot lately.  I could spend hours [...]

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