This hardy water lily 'Pink Grapefruit' bloomed yesterday. It think it is one of my favorites.
Show us your favorite water lily
That is beautiful darlindeb!!! Is it a night bloomer?
Jeri
Nope, just a regular hardy waterlily. Must be my camera and I think it was overcast when I took this. Here is another angle taken about the same time.
That is a very pretty bloom. Mine is a noid waterlily but I loved the color of it.
Jeri
I am very partial to the tropicals myself. My current favorite is June Allison.
Very nice Jeri. Azreno do the tropicals overwinter where you are or do you treat them as annuals?
They usually overwinter here just fine. this was a bad winter and another ponder I know lost quite a few with the terrible freeze.
That June Allison is gorgeous! Lynn, the peach one you gave me is blooming again, yellow one too! (Of course I don't remember their names...)
Brenda
Thanks Brenda! Those hardies will be wonderful bloomers for you, your pond will fill up in now time, I swear ;P That peach one is colorado, it'll bloom first every year, without fail. The yellow I think is barabara dobbins, nice big blooms she'll give you.
This my current favorite. It's called Lindsey Woods. And it has an interesting story behind the name:
“Lindsey Woods’ which was named after a young cancer victim, 14 year old Lindsey Woods. Money is raised through the sale of this particular water lily for the Texas Children’s Hospital. (Unfortunately, this young girl did not survive.)
So where do you buy Lindsay Woods?
I believe Nelson's Water Garden sells it and part of the proceeds go to the Hospital that treated Lindsey. They might also be able to give you a name of a nursery closer to you that sells it.
http://www.nelsonwatergardens.com/aquatic_plants.asp
I bought mine at a local fundraiser that was selling just a few of these water lilies.
The photo above was taken during the 2nd or 3rd day of blooming time. The 1st day bloom is prettier with deeper purple color. It naturally fades a bit with each additional day's bloom.
They are all beautiful! I must admit I lurk, and love everything I see everyday! Yall are amazing!!
Hi Shelly glad we coaxed you out of the lurking state. Now you won't be able to stop yourself from posting. Welcome!! Welcome!! Welcome!!!
Do you have a pond? Want a pond? Yall sure have some pretty rocks in Co. Mine came from Tn. though. So if you are just getting started I would imagine the expense of rocks would be cheaper for you. I have 80 tons of rocks for the pond & retaining walls and 40 tons of flagstone for walkways. This was a major expense for me cause all we have in La. is pea gravel and limestone.
Looking forward to getting to know you.
Jeri
Shelly - Or ....... ya could do I like I do and buy small, cheap pond liners from HD and do container water gardening! :-) My pond liners were $30.00 each. And there is a co-op currently going on (for DG members) for very inexpensively priced water plants at this thread:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/738146/
This is what my container water gardens look like:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=3598226
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=3598244
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=3598256
(The first two photos are of the same water garden.)
I'm a poor southern gal with a small yard, so no in-ground pond for me. :-( But I still have the water fountain and the water plants! Mine is just the poor man's version of a pond! LOL!
Jeri - I wish I had the room and could afford yours and other folks beautiful in-ground ponds!
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LOL Becky I think you have more waterlilies then I do in my "in-ground pond."
In the 1st picture what is that green plant growing to the left side of the pond? Very interesting texture.
Jeri
Jeri - That plant is Bacopa (Sutera cordata):
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1924/
It has tiny blue flowers on it.
I have a butterfly garden and it is a host plant for White Peacock Butterflies. I love that plant!
I have 13 water lilies between those 2 container and just bought 4 more in the co-op! WHAT was I thinking! LOL! I actually have room in the first pond for those 4 new water lilies since there are only 4 water lilies in there currently. The other pond has 9 water lilies. Crazy, huh? I know how to pack em in there! (Actually, the night bloomer had a bunch of babies, so that is why I have 6 of those water lilies in one pond!) And when they all bloom at the same time .... it is absolutely stunning! :-) Bigger isn't always better if you are doing water gardening to grow plants (which is why I do water gardening.... though I do like the sound of the fountain water) ..... It's amazing what you can do with limited space and a poor pocketbook! ;-)
This message was edited Jun 24, 2007 10:34 AM
There is a pond we have worked hard on this past spring, no lilies in it tho (I do have a small little rubbermaid thing that has a white lily in it tho, just no blooms yet) It could be the ugliest thing, for all I know, but I would be so tickled LOL. The leaves are beautiful for about a day, then they start to curl up out of the water a little, and burn. I probably should do a bit more shade for it.
We are fighting algae something fierce in the pond, and I keep suggesting adding more floaters. It gets about 4-5 hours of sun. As far as the co-op goes.. OMGosh, I have looked over it again and again LOL, but for the floaters, with shipping, its just as cheap to get them locally.
We do have some great rocks here in Colorado, but to get them legally, I think there is a permit or something needed. The rocks were just bought. LOL its been said a few times... "this is the most expensive 100 dollar pond ever". Everything adds up quickly LOL. We were lucky enough to get some flagstone from my Grandfather's homestead in Wyoming.
I should get an updated picture of it, but here it is about 3 weeks ago.
Here is the pond
Becky! Your ponds are beautiful!!! How in the world do the leaves stay so great?
That's really beautiful Shelly! Ya need plants to shade the water. That will help keep the algae growth down. I don't have much algae growing in mine at all. And the water gets about 85-88 degrees during the day. Mine get sun for at least 6 hours a day which I think water lilies need to bloom.
Shelly - Pond Tabs (fertilized monthly) do the trick to keep my water lilies healthy and blooming!
This is a photo of my un-named night blooming water lily which had all the babies. No one can tell me what cultivar of water lily it is. I bought it as Red Flare, but was told that it is NOT that plant. So ..... it's just a pretty pink!
Sorry Jeri - I didn't mean to get off topic here with my water gardens. So I am posting another water lily photo that I like and have good luck growing. :-)
This message was edited Jun 24, 2007 10:43 AM
My favorite right now has to be Foxfire.
Love all the pics. Azreno love June Allison!
Pink Grapefruit for me is such a great bloomer.
Still just can't believe that doesn't toast here, am utterly amazed!
Tina is my favorite
Wow, those are great prices on the Texas Waterlilies place. I've read several people where really impressed with their plants.
Here is Gladstone. I's a nice big white.
Do any of you deadhead your water lilies?
I don't for the simple reason that if it was pollunated it will produce seeds. I think? LOL
Jeri
This is a very shallow school pond ( I'm thinking 20 inches tops in depth) that I've worked on. In this photo I had deadheaded, trimmed back the water lily leaves and fertilized. At a depth of about 20 inches it's easy for me to scoot around and pick up pots and set them on my lap while I clean up and fertilize the plant. I do think the plant produces more blooms if you deadhead.
This year I haven't been able to get in and do as much because of all the thunderstorms we've had. Seems like every time I get ready to go another storm pops up. So, in the mean time the 'Pennywort' and 'Water Clover' took off.
That is gorgeous, Darlindeb!
Here are a couple of mine... all my waterlilies are brand new (to me), so anything that blooms is my favorite right now!!
Edited to say: please try not to notice the abundance of algae that we're trying to get rid of...
This message was edited Jun 25, 2007 1:45 PM
Hey, have any of you used the Talapia fish for algae control? I know someone who swears by them, but I haven't tried any. They don't over winter so you'd have to take them in if you wanted to keep them.
We have a little watergarden where the pump went down and the algae is thick there. I did notice that we have loads more dragonflys since the pump isn't working.
I wonder how many different kinds of algae there are?
This is 'Perry's Baby Red.' It's a smaller bloom, but it has performed well in full sun.
darlindeb - I just love your little Perry's Baby Red! I just ordered one of them in the co-op! Yours has beautiful blooms!!! :-)
Very pretty!
The 'Perry's Baby Red' is a great one. I think Perry Slocum (I hope I spelled his last name right) did some great work with water lilies and lotus. He has passed on, but I think his kids still have a nursery somewhere. I haven't purchased any of the books he wrote, but I'm thinking about asking Santa for one.
I think it took about two years for that one to really get going for me.
I think this one is 'Colorado.'
HI, i thought i would show mine It's called inner light..
Oh, that has a nice glow to it. Thank you for sharing.
Where and how is everyone getting there water lilies?
Have you run into any special problems growing water lilies??
actually I have had mine for about 8 years now, I split it up and give it away about--hummm oh 10 or 15 times a year or I have to throw it away...:( I have never taken it out of the container I planted it in and you should see the container...lolol if thats what it still is...lolol...
LOL that won't be a problem now that you've joined DG. Someone will take them off your hands.
Jeri
ROTFL! I already d-mailed mysticsunshine! LOL!
See I told you. It would never be a problem again. Still LOL!!!
Jeri
Gosh, mysticsunshine does the pot look anything like this? After the first year?
I got so tired of buying new pots that I looked around for a solution and this is what I came up with a livestock feeding dish. I got mine from 'Atwoods' which is a farm supply store here in Claremore. The company that makes the dishes is 'Little Giant' which is NOT the 'Little Giant' company that makes pumps out of Oklahoma City.
They cost a little more, and yes they are a little heavier but the water lily or lotus grow up and out so you can use the pot again. The other thing I liked was one season I didn't get some lilies divided so In the feed dishes I could just lift the rootbound lily up and and throw fertilizer tabs under the plant and I still got good bloom production. I was doing
this in a very shallow pond.
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