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You’re one of the lucky ones! You have a beautiful backyard that’s graced with a refreshing pond that soothes your soul and invites critters and humans alike to enjoy. Since you spend a lot of time in and around your pond, you need a…

As with terrestrial, perennial plants, dropping temperatures signal your hardy aquatic plants to prepare for their winter dormancy.

Every water gardener has their favorite aquatic plants, but how well do you know the varieties available? Test your aquatic plant knowledge by taking our short quiz!

Known in the East as the Sacred Lotus, this flower is considered one of the most impressive aquatic plants available today. There are numerous lotus cultivars readily available today, and we’ve picked a few of our favorites to share with you.

While everyone loves the pop of a pink lotus or violet waterlily, have you ever considered adding whimsical white to your water garden?

From colorful water lilies that dance on the pond’s surface to aquatic Forget-Me-Nots that hug the edges of your water garden, it’s the amazing pond plants that put the “garden” in “water garden.” You can apply many of

Plants in the water garden not only provide beauty and naturalization, but they also help balance the pond ecosystem. Even a small pond will benefit from the beauty of aquatic plants. We’ve chosen our top favorites that do well in smaller aquatic…

Umbrella palm (Cyperus alternifolius) is a tropical plant hardy to Zone 7 that can grow to almost six feet in height. In colder climates, umbrella palm will over-winter if brought indoors and positioned near a sunny window.

The leaves of any colored-foliage canna can’t be beat, but Red Leaved Canna (Canna australis) beats them all, and yes, it loves water!

Marginal plants are simply the aquatic plants found growing around the edges, or margins, of your water garden.