How to Choose Water Garden Plants
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Article by: Brett Fogle So the water garden , Tuscan Style Decorating - Three Essentials bug has bitten. You've dug and leveled and sweated and said words you hope that no one else has heard. Now it's time for the fun part : picking out your water garden , Landscaping: The Concept of Foundation Planting plants! Plant varieties within these four categories are what you need to eyeball: deep-water, marginals, oxygenators, and floaters. (If you think these words are big words, just be happy we're not talking about medicine.) After you've diligently planted your new plants , The Cranberry Viburnum Will Thrive In Easton Pa in plastic , What Makes a Hammock a Quality Hammock? tubs, pans, or clay pots, , DESIGNING YOUR LOG HOME: Tips to keep you out of trouble packing the fertilizer- and chemical-free soil , What Makes a Hammock a Quality Hammock? down tightly, load the container down with pea gravel , Home Improving Tools and Supplies for Landscaping to keep the soil , Planting Pine and Spruce Trees from floating away. (Don't ask why this works, but it does.) Plunk your plant , Tuscan Style Decorating - Three Essentials into the water , Real Energy Savers at the appropriate depth (You'll read about that in just a minute) and you're on ready to go! Plant-dunking should be generally be done during the growing season. , The Cranberry Viburnum Will Thrive In Easton Pa For new ponds, , HOUSES WITH DAM(P) BASEMENTS WON’T SELL wait four or five weeks for the water plants , Tips on Making Beautiful Floral Arrangements to do their thing before you add your fish. , Organic Gardening Is Cool If you just can't hold your horses, or your fish, , Home Improving Tools and Supplies for Landscaping for that long, you can jump the gun a couple of weeks, but the idea is to let the plants , Home security systems you can watch from work first get established. When picking your plants, , Good Credit Scores = ROI Profits For Real Estate Investors you'll no doubt be wowed by water , Curtains, Windows and Feng Shui lilies of the tropical , If You Think Mold and Mildew Hibernate During The Winter, Th persuasion. These aquatic wonders are popular compared to their hardier cousins with knock-out fragrance, big blooms day or night : depending on the variety : and a habit of blooming their little hearts out nearly every day during the growing season. , How To Use Hedges In Landscaping They love their warmth, though, so unless you live in a year-round, warm-weather climate, , A Brief History of Candles be prepared to hasten them into a greenhouse , Decorating For Thanksgiving - Budget Friendly Decor For The or at least muster up some funds to buy them some "grow" lights , Seeking the best sourced help witrel="nofollow" h reference to television. to tough it out through the winter. , Comfort and energy savings: One person's story They will definitely bite the dust at freezing temperatures, , Seasonal Cactus Lovers Have Options but give them night-time temps of at least 65F and daytime temps of 75F or warmer, and your love affair with tropicals , Home Improving Tools and Supplies for Landscaping will only grow , How To Use Annuals In Landscaping Your Garden that much more torrid. Hardy water , The “Minimal” Garden lilies, while not the showboaters that tropicals , Gardening By The Yard Tips are, are . . . well, hardier. Their big advantage is that they can stay in the water , The “Minimal” Garden year ‘round unless it freezes so deeply the rootstock is affected. And being the tough guys they are, you can plant , Tips for Shopping Smart for the Garden these puppies deeper than the tropicals, , Multinational Corporation ERP Implementation – Microsoft Bus some living it up in depths of 8 to 10 feet. Both hardy and tropical water , Tips on Making Beautiful Floral Arrangements lilies are real sun , The Home Decorator�s Guide to Wall Repairs worshippers. At least 5 to 10 hours a day is what it takes, along with regular fertilization, to keep these plant , All About Foliar Feeding African Violets pals happy. Everybody and their brother with a water garden , How To Use Annuals In Landscaping Your wants a lotus plant. , A Brief History of Candles (Sisters, too, no doubt.) These water-lily relatives come in hardy and not-so-hardy strains, so make sure you know what you're buying. Much bigger than water , Beautiful, Sparkling Chandeliers! lilies, lotus have huge, famously splendid blooms that not only will knock your socks off, but make you forget you have feet altogether. Their leaves and seed , Curtains, Windows and Feng Shui pods are so breathtaking, they're a favorite in costly cut-flower arrangements. Big, bold, and beautiful, , Gardening By The Yard Tips with water-depth needs of 2-3 feet, these shouters are really better off in big ponds , All About Foliar Feeding African Violets that get plenty of sun. , Planning Your Herb Garden The Right Way Marginals (sometimes called "bog" plants , A Brief History of Candles by those less high-falutin') are grass-like plants , Garden planning: essential flowers for cutting year round that strut their stuff in shallow areas no deeper than 6" that border the water garden. , Tips on Making Beautiful Floral Arrangements They also do well in mud. 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Like hardy water , The Cranberry Viburnum Will Thrive In Easton Pa lilies, they, too, will warrior it through the winter. , How A Simple Indiana Farm Boy With NO Green Thumb Learned Ho Water hyacinths have become a recent rage, especially for the lazy among us. No soil , The “Minimal” Garden is required for these beauties. Toss them in the water , Planting Pine and Spruce Trees and they're "planted." A water , Landscaping: The Concept of Foundation Planting hyacinth ain't just another pretty face, though; these plants , Designing & Decorating a Patio Today do their part in the war against algae and blanket weeds , Pool Table Lights Guide: How To Light Up Your Game by keeping sunlight scarce on the water's surface. But one note of caution: This plant , Good Credit Scores = ROI Profits For Real Estate Investors may take over the world if allowed. It's invasive as all get out, so keep it under control or you (and your neighbors) may wish you'd never laid eyes on it. A water garden , Butterfly - Life Cycle Summary isn't a garden , Seasonal Cactus Lovers Have Options without plants. , Beautiful, Sparkling Chandeliers! Take your time, know your climate, , Beautiful, Sparkling Chandeliers! and choose wisely. Your rewards will be great in return. To read the full article, click here: http://www.macarthurwatergardens.com/Newsletters/July2004/pond-plant-selection.shtml Brett Fogle is the owner of MacArthur Water Gardens , DESIGNING YOUR LOG HOME: Tips to keep you out of trouble and several pond-related websites including macarthurwatergardens.com and pond-filters-online.com. He also publishes a free monthly newsletter called PondStuff! with a reader circulation of over 9,000 pond , Tips for Shopping Smart for the Garden owners. To sign up for the free newsletter and receive a complimentary 'New Pond , The Cranberry Viburnum Will Thrive In Easton Pa Owners Guide' for joining, just visit MacArthur Water Gardens , Butterfly - Life Cycle Summary at www.macarthurwatergardens.com. brett@macarthurwatergardens.com |
  
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