Dragonfly Aquatics Blog

Summer heat

This has been a hot summer so far. Its important if you have fish in your pond that you make sure the water isn’t too warm for them. As your water evaporates replenish with cool water. Your fish will be happy! The tropical waterlilies sure are blooming up a storm in my pond.     [...]

Continue reading...

Customer’s Pond

 Cooler temperatures are the thing again with a slight freeze in Ohio.  I tend to feel drained when the days are rainy but that sunshine sure makes one feel good again!  We turned the garden over this week and that’s the last of the tomatoes until next year.  I do really enjoy the garden and the benefits of [...]

Continue reading...

Too Hot

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...

Green Smoke Water Lily

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.  [...]

Continue reading...

Tropical Water Lily

Thought I would share some pictures periodically taken from my pond and my sisters.  We enjoy sharing our pictures and seeing pictures of other ponds and pond plants.

Continue reading...