Monet loved these summer flowers, and you will too. Water lilies, plants in the genus Nymphaea, are aquatic blooms that grow in ponds and water gardens. Their green lily pads spread out across the ...

Watering can be a tricky art to master for container gardens as it does not take long for a plant to go from looking healthy to wilting. That fine line also comes into play between soil being too dry ...

CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. — Lily pads are a beautiful addition to the plant life in your pond or water feature. They not only look beautiful, but serve a very important purpose. Lily pads provide shade for ...

Combining comprehensive text and superb photographs, Swindells's (Natural Water Gardens) newest offers a host of ideas for creating and maintaining many types of water gardens, from small containers ...

Native aquatic plants improve the health of your pond’s ecosystem and promote biodiversity in your yard. This article will familiarize you with some native plants that thrive in an installed setting: ...

A water garden does not take a big pond. This past summer I had three water lilies in whiskey barrels on my driveway in full sun. The lilies bloomed off and on all summer. Before I had a pond I ...

Even if you’ve got a beautifully designed garden, there are plenty of reasons to add plants in containers to your home. You can decorate a front porch or backyard patio with boxes or pots of flowers.

I have spent the last 40 years growing water lilies. They are beautiful, easy to grow and tend, and give great pleasure to my pond, as well as my troughs. You see, I love water features, koi and ...

Famous French impressionist, Oscar Claude Monet created 250 beautiful paintings of water lilies. Monet imported water lilies from South America and Egypt to adorn his large water garden in Giverny, ...

Most of us crave color in the landscape. Colorful flowers and foliage enliven a landscape and bring interest and beauty. We typically plant colorful flowerbeds to provide splashes of color. While ...