Water Lettuce
Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), a floating plant that creates a natural filter in your pond while helping to combat algae and green water. Water lettuce grows like a rosette from a single crown resembling a head of lettuce. Each leaf may reach up to 12 inches in height and several inches wide and can reach 24 […]
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Microbe-Lift Spring Summer Cleaner
A seasonal approach to the proper organic balance in ponds. Microbe-Lift Spring/Summer Cleaner accelerates the breakdown of leaves, twigs and other accumulated dead organic waste. Microbe-Lift Spring/Summer cleaner helps to jump start your pond to a healthier environment in the spring, by reducing buildup of dead leaves and residual organic sediment. Microbe-Lift Spring/Summer cleaner is […]
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Hornwort
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum), a submerged water plant helps fight against green water, the one thing alot of pondkeepers may tend to fight. They are important to water quality and water clarity. They help to filter out the unwanted nutrients and add the important oxygen to the pond water during the day. Hornwort is one of […]
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Queen of Siam My Pond
This is a Queen of Siam, tropical water lily taken from my pond in the summer of 2007. Its one of my favorites! It is a viviparous, more cold tolerant lily than some of the other tropicals and stays open longer in the day. It is an excellent bloomer with the darkest pink blossoms and […]
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Lizards Tail
This picture of Lizards tail was taken from my water garden last year. Lizards tail is an attractive plant for your water garden. It would be a great pond plant to use as a background with small plants in front of it. It grows in sun to part shade in moist soil or water to […]
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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.
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