Giant Watering Lily

Many water gardeners consider Nymphaea gigantea, the Australian water lily, by far the most outstanding species that has been grown at places like the Missouri Botanical Garden, and especially the white form, alba, is particularly splendid.... Read More...

Pool Plantings Getting the Most Pleasure from the Least Work

When we found ourselves with a 7 foot retaining wall, necessary but threatening to look like a grim fortress, we decided to use it as a backdrop for a water garden. During the long winter evenings before starting to build our water landscape... Read More...

Small Ponds Water Lily Soil and Containers

What gardener doesn’t have a problem spot in his garden? With us it is the entire garden. You see, we’re in the process of landscaping a new home. Having gardened on clay as stiff as cement, we made certain this new home would be built... Read More...