water lilies, nymphaea, lotus, ponds and koi fish are discussed. we like to help people avoid common mistakes and make water garde..
| Home | My Account | Directories |
Prevent Fish Death over winter with a Deicer
Published on 2011-12-20 13:30:32
Deicers let toxix gases escape the from under the ice by causing a hole in the ice. The pond can then get enough fresh oxygen to keep larger koi and goldfish alive that may otherwise suffocate.
Nymphaea Hidden Violet, from Randy McDonald
Published on 2011-11-21 02:56:03
Nymphaea Hidden Violet. Properly N. ‘Hidden Violet’, is a newer hardy waterlily released by Randy McDonald. Originally a seedling of N. ‘Attraction’, from Perry Slocum, Perry sold about 100 seedlings to Brad McLane around the year 2000. Brad in turn sold many of the seedlings to Randy during a time there was a slight shortage [...]
Texas Dawn dedication as the State Waterlily of Texas
Published on 2011-10-21 00:46:40
Three weeks ago our friends Ken Landon and Tim Davis put on the 7th annual Lilyfest celebration with over 240 waterlilies in Civic League Park in San Angelo. This year three new waterlilies were dedicated and the 1980s favorite Texas Dawn made by Ken Landon was honored as recently becoming the state waterlily of Texas. [...]
Video of my friend Mike Giles Purple Hardy Waterlilies
Published on 2011-10-15 05:01:23
I know I have gone a month without a post and that is not common for me as it is some other blogs. I promise the amount of documented content I have gathered on trips this year will be worth it. I spent the past few days with my friend Mike Giles and many, many [...]
Lotus Root Salad
Published on 2011-09-11 18:48:12
On my aquatic adventures this year I was able to eat lotus in 3 spots. With my friend Laura in Alabama who introduced me to lotus seeds. Yummy! In Sarasota with my friend Paula Biles at the first Lotus festival I tried Lotus Salad. A pickled lotus in rice vinegar, sweetened. Finally, I went Kayaking [...]
Waterliles and Tree Frogs
Published on 2011-08-24 11:49:42
When I visited my buddy Tim in Texas and hs wife Debbie last month I was shocked to see a pool full of Waterlilies and baby tree frogs in his yard. The Tree frogs hatched in the pool and find comefort in the daytime sitting inside the petals of the Waterlilies. Here is a short [...]
Emily G. Hutchings, James Brydon, and Wood’s Blue Goddess
Published on 2011-08-12 01:34:24
Today we look at three excellent waterlilies available from our sponsor www.PondMegastore.com , just to remember you can own these three. Many of the videos we share are of course new off the market waterlilies. We have Emily Grant Hutchings. One of George Prings most incredible night blooming waterlilies, this video though not narrated will [...]
Waterlily Photos, What is Blooming Today?
Published on 2011-08-06 14:57:28
Today we have many waterlilies we could show you outside here are 5 I took this morning. All are available shipped full grown with buds ready to bloom all summer at PondMegastore.com Alexis waterlily, (below) blue waterlily at www.pondmegastore.com [...]
Allison and The Victoria Longwood, one year later
Published on 2011-07-23 01:52:22
Last year we brought you pictures of baby Allison laying on a victoria lilypad at the San Angelo International Waterlily Collection. This year as we returned we not only took some photos of now one year old baby Allison but shot a minute of footage with her sitting on the lilypad. Her mom, Melody, works [...]
Tanzanite – the video
Published on 2011-06-30 08:13:33
Just how Purple is Tanzanite? It actually causes problems with our still photo as the purple (ultraviolet) wavelength is somewhat short and confuses the camera but our Camcorder did a fairly good job. Take a look, note also the fragrance on the flower is amazing. I never cut them and smell them but just being [...]