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Approaching end of summer
It won’t be long and summer will be over. I already notice a difference with the days getting shorter. It has started to cool off some from the hot weather we’ve been having. All is doing well in the pond and it won’t be long and the garden will be finished. I canned the first [...]
Continue reading...Albert Greenberg Tropical Waterlily
5. August 2010
So check this out. This is the Albert Greenberg, tropical waterlily growing in my pond at home. The first picture was taken late June and the other late July. The same lily but notice the deeper color of the second one. Both pictures were taken with the same camera, the same way. The second picture [...]
Continue reading...Where Does the Time Go…….
29. April 2010
We’ve been so busy taking orders and shipping orders, we just haven’t had time to write on the blog as we should. It has been a whirlwind of a spring so far. Those in planting zones 8 on the west coast have had an usually cold spring and should have had their plants in a month [...]
Continue reading...Fall & Winter Care of Tropical Water Lilies
1. September 2009
Tropical lilies are usually treated as an annual. They will continue to grow and produce blooms until the temperatures fall below 60 degrees. If you choose to try over-wintering your tropical water lily, moving the potted plant into a greenhouse is the most successful. Another method is to re-pot the lily in a 6” pot [...]
Continue reading...Too Hot
11. August 2009
The weather has been pretty hot lately. The tropical lilies are blooming like crazy. If you’ve been having hot weather lately you may want to keep adding some fresh cold water to your ponds. This replenishes the water loss through evaporation and also gives your fish some fresh water. We all look forward to the [...]
Continue reading...Star of Zanzibar
14. July 2009
Star of Zanzibar was introduced to water gardening public in 2002. One of my all time favorite tropical day blooming water lilies. Star of Zanzibar has large (5″-6″) dark blue flowers with as many as 40 petals per bloom. Heavily variegated leaves with splashes of maroon can reach up to 14″ across. This tropical lily [...]
Continue reading...Green Smoke Water Lily
18. May 2009
This is one of our favorites! The ‘Green Smoke’ tropical water lily is an outstanding color of chartreuse with smoky blue tips. Its leaves are lightly speckled, bronze-green and the blooms of the ‘Green Smoke’ are 6-8 inches held high above the water that are platter shaped.It will spread 5-6 feet on the water surface. [...]
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29. August 2011
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