Its ice everywhere…..but at least its February so its almost over. I will say its a pretty site but I still prefer the green color over the white! I look outside and imagine pictures like this… The plants continue to grow nicely in the greenhouses and while standing in there you almost can […]
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Well the holidays are over, the tree is down and all the holiday christmas decorations are put away. I could probably leave my christmas tree up for months as I always miss it once its put away. Its hard to imagine the room is exactly like it was a month ago because it […]
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Season changes
I’m not certain of the identity of this butterfly. I thought perhaps it was a male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. I’m really not certain, although it sure liked my dwarf crab-apple tree. It came back day after day…..I’m thinking it was the same one. I know we don’t want to think about it but […]
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So at Home
Resting on the pond waterlily Its such a great life for the frogs….sitting on the lily pads basking in the sun. Could life be any better???? These pictures were shared by one of our customers who received these tadpoles in the spring and now they are frogs enjoying the life in their new home. Thank […]
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 […]
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Ducks in Your Pond
Walked out to the pond the other morning, and there they were, a pair of Mallard Ducks! My first thought was, oh how pretty they are, and what a cute couple they make! I started to have visions of the nest they would build next to the pond, after that the family of ducklings would […]
Here we go again. I call it the Spring Tease. Just when plants are beginning to sprout and the warm weather hits….big time….it teases us with a mention of snow! The cold front here in Ohio and across the north has moved in for a few days. If you have already put plants out in […]
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Summer Time Temperatures in April?
We had highs in the low to mid 80’s the last couple of days here in Ohio. One week snow, the next unseasonably warm. Don’t want to get too used to it though, next week we will be back to the normal spring time temperatures. Normal here this time of year is mid 50’s to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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