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HARDY WATER LILIES (NYMPHAEA)

Red Varieties
Attraction - Garnet. Large flowers, slight fragrance.
Conqueror - Crimson. Large flowers. Young foliage purple turning green.
Ellisiana - Dark Red. Many petals.
Gloriosa - Carmine Rose. Semi double flowers.
Liou - Deep Red. Great lily. Tolerates heat.
Sultan - Cherry red. Excellent bloomer.

White Varieties
Candida - Creamy white. Small waxy flowers.
Gladstone - White. Large flower. Slight fragrance.
Odorata alba - White. Suitable for small ponds. Foliage purple turning green.
Paeslingburg - White. Large flowers. Very nice.
Queen of Whites - White. Large petals. Slight fragrance. Cup shaped flowers.
Walter Pagets - White. White flowers with pink sepals. Small ponds and tubs.

Yellow Varieties
Charlene Strawn - Yellow. Holds flowers above surface.
Joey Tomocik - Bright yellow. Mottled leaves.
Moorei - Soft yellow. Pale green foliage with purple spots.
Odorata sulphurea - Yellow. Flowers rise above surface. Leaves mottled.
Sunrise - Bright yellow. Large flowers, stay open later in day than other lilies.
Texas Dawn - Yellow. Large flowers held above surface. Outer petals pink.


Regular garden irises planted on the edge of a stream.

Pink Varieties
Fabiola - Rich pink. Adapts to any size pond.
Firecrest - Deep pink. Very fragrant. Petals lie open to expose reed-tipped stamens.
Hollandia - Pink. Double flower. Blooms profusely.
Mansaniello - Rose. Sweetly scented. Flower color deepens with age. Spotted petals. White sepals.
Pink Sensation - Pink. Large flowers. Fragrant. Stays open late. Profuse bloomer.

Changeable Varieties
Chrysantha - Reddish-yellow. Blooms turn red with age. Free flowering. Commanche - Yellow to apricot. Leaves speckled when older.
Graziella - Orange-red. Ideal for tub gardens. Blooms profusely. Olive green leaves spotted with brown and purple.
Sioux - Yellow to copper/red. Star shaped flower.

FLOATING LEAF AQUATICS
A. distachyus - Water Hawthorne - Oblong green mottled leaves. White flowers in early spring and late fall. Plant goes dormant in hot summer months. First to flower in spring.
N. peltata - Floating Heart - Mottled brown and green leaves, 3 inches in diameter. Yellow flower held above water. Invasive.

WATER IRISES
I. pseudacorus - Yellow Water Iris - Yellow flowers.
I. p. flore plena - Double Flowering Yellow Water Iris - Double yellow flowers.
I. sibirica - Blue King - Rich blue flowers.
I. sib. - Caesar's Brother - Dark velvety purple flowers.
I. versicolor - Blue Water Iris - Medium blue flowers.
I. versicolor - Claret Cup - Dark violet flowers.


HARDY FERNS
Anthrium filix-femina. - Lady Fern - Bright green with wide, deep cut, lancinate foliage. Moist location.
Dryopteris marginalis - Leatherwood Fern - Evergreen.
Osmundo cinnamonca - Cinnamon Fern - Waxy deep green foliage. Deep cut of lancinate foliage. Moist location.
Osmundo regalis - Royal Fern - Deep green, smooth-edged foliage. Moist location.
Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas Fern - Evergreen.

OXYGENATING PLANTS
Elodea canadensis - Dark green stems with lighter green fern-like foliage. Good spawning medium.
Myriophyllum - Needle-like fine green leaves. Favorite for spawning.
Sagittaria form. Natans - Submerged ribbon like foliage. Height 6 inches.

HARDY MARGINAL/BOG PLANTS
Typha augustifolia - Narrowleaf Cattail - Narrow dark green blades. Thin catkin 5-6 inches long.
T. latifolia - Cattail - Broad dark green blade. Catkin 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter, 5 to 6 inches long.
T. laxmanni - Graeful Cattail - Narrow leaves. Walnut size catkin.
T. minima - Dwarf Cattail - Narrow leaves. Walnut sized catkin.
T. shuttleworthi - Shuttleworth Cattail - Dark green pendulous blade.
Veronica beccabunga - Common Brookline - Trailing stems. Dark blue flowers.
Halia dealbata - Hardy Water Canna - Dark green leaves held individually on each stem. Spray of purple and white flowers displayed well above foliage.
Chelone lyoni - Turtlehead - Dark Green foliage topped with pink flowers in late summer.
Eleocharis tuberosa- Water Chestnut- Fleshy green stems with tuberous roots.
Equisetum hymale - Horsetail Rush - Tubular jointed green stem, one of the oldest known plants. Do not submerse until well established.
Equisetum sciroides- Dwarf Horsetail Rush- Clump of dark green jointed stems. Good ground cover for moist areas.
Myosotis palustris - Water Forget-Me-Not - Dense mat of tiny green leaves. covered with tiny blue flowers.
Phalaris arunidinacea - Ribbon Grass - Green and white foliage. Pendulous nature.



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