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Sensitive Plant
Sensitive Plant (Neptunia aquatica) is exactly like its name, sensitive to the touch and when touched its tiny leaves will contract. Did you know that it resembles a dragonfly’s wings? When glancing at the leaflets, you’ll notice they are growing on both sides of the petiole, and when touched resemble dragonfly wings. During the growing season [...]
Continue reading...Lotus Growing in Flower Beds
14. May 2010
I visited a friend in March this year and she took me over to a house that had a Japanese garden. It was gorgeous! I only wish I would of had my camera with me at the time. He did an unusual thing with his lotus that I thought I would give a try this [...]
Continue reading...Lemon Bopaca
13. May 2010
This versatile little plant is one of our new favorites. Lemon Bacopa is a great bog plant for trailing over edges, cascading down a waterfall, bogs or submerged. It has succulent leaves of lemon when crushed and is an edible herb used for seasoning. Tiny five pedal blue flowers will bloom all summer long. Needs to be [...]
Continue reading...Please Don’t Drown Me
13. April 2010
I thought I’d publish this article we wrote last year again. When trying to get some of the bog plants started in your ponds its best to start them out slowly in the water, since most of them are swamp like plants. They can tolerate a few inches above their pot once they are established [...]
Continue reading...New Plants for 2010
11. March 2010
As we get ready for another season, Dragonfly Aquatics is currently working on adding some new plants for the 2010 season. In the upcoming weeks we will be announcing our new plant varieties. The first we’ve added are our new Lotus for 2010. The Penelope and Double Rose. The Penelope is a pure white lotus and [...]
Continue reading...Plants are Growing Nicely in the Greenhouses
9. March 2010
There is nothing better in late winter, than going out to the greenhouses and seeing all the bog plants growing and some of the tropical water lilies starting to bloom again. We heat several greenhouses, so most of the plants we sell are available year round. But, as the days get longer and there [...]
Continue reading...2010 Lotus
6. March 2010
In March we begin harvesting the lotus tubers for the 2010 season. In the next couple weeks most varieties will be available for shipping to planting zones 10, 9 and 8. Lotus tubers are pulled while they are still dormant. The lotus tubers we sell at Dragonfly Aquatics have at least three or more growing [...]
Continue reading...Dwarf Papyrus (Cyperus haspans)
5. March 2010
Dwarf Papyrus is a perfect plant for tub gardens or table top container ponds. While the dwarf is a perfect smaller plant for container gardening or smaller ponds if you have a large pond you might want to stick with the larger variety, Dwarf Giant Papyrus which grows about 3 ft tall. Our Dwarf Papyrus are [...]
Continue reading...Dwarf Cattails
21. February 2010
Dwarf Cattails are popular with most of our customers. They are ideal for smaller ponds and container water gardens as well as the regular ponds. They grow in sun to part shade in moist soil or water to just 5 inches deep. Dwarf cattails grow to only about 36 inches in height and do well in [...]
Continue reading...Variegated Cattail
15. February 2010
Variegated cattail, Typha latifolia ‘Variegata’ is an attractive bog plant for any pond. The variegation in this cattail is bold forming bright green and white longitudinal stripes. The Variegated Cattail will grow to 5 feet tall in sun to part shade. It requires moist soil or water to 12 inches deep. It does well in Zones 4-11. The Variegated [...]
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