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Lemon Bopaca
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...Variegated Cattail
Monday, February 15, 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 [...]
Continue reading...Graceful Cattails
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Graceful Cattails, Typha angustifolia are similar to your regular Common Cattail other than its leaves. They are more narrow leafed than the standard and the foliage arches and sways gracefully in the breeze. An elegant bog pond plant and is suitable for any pond or large container water garden. They will grow 4-6 feet tall [...]
Continue reading...Bog Bean
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
I planted this bog bean last summer and it really has taken hold in the bog. It provides a nice dense area for the frogs to hid in. (See if you can find him) It does best in 1-3 inches of water but will grow out from the margin and float over the pond. I [...]
Continue reading...Blue Bells ‘Ruellia brittoniana’
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Pennywort ‘Hydrocotyle verticillata’
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
This plant is an excellent water plant for stream beds, bogs or edges of your pond. It grows to about 6″-12″ high out of the water and is a fast grower. It leaves are usually shiny and can be anywheres from 3 inches to only 1/2 inch in diameter. This plant is useful in the [...]
Continue reading...Bluebells ‘Ruellia brittoniana’
Monday, May 4, 2009
The Bluebell is a favorite amoung most water gardeners. It is a very easy water plant to grow and will bloom throughout the summer. Attractive dark blue-purple flowers that are 1-2 inches on rich dark green foliage. It grows in sun to part shade and moist soil or water up to 6 inches deep. They will reach 2 to 4 [...]
Continue reading...Mosaic Plant
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Mosaic plant is one of the most unusual floating plants you can add to your pond. It is both a marginal plant and a floating plant and grows best if planted along the edge of the pond in 12-18 inches of warm water. It has a running spread that will usually cover 24 inches in [...]
Continue reading...Bog Bean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
Friday, April 17, 2009
Bog Bean is a great addition to your pond. Its hardy in zones 2-7 which makes it a popular pond plant for pond owners. The leaves are fairly large, three-lobed that are markedly veined. Flower buds are pink clusters that open to a white, star-shaped bloom that is highly fragrant. It will stand high above [...]
Continue reading...Star Grass
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Introducing a New plant for 2009. Star Grass (Dichromena colorata) A tiny white star shaped flower appears atop grasslike leaves with a bold center. This bog plant grows to 24-36 inches tall. It grows well in bogs or in a pot with about 2 inches or less of water above the top of the pot. [...]
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