When Should you Divide Marginals?
Marginal Aquatic Plants When dividing hardy marginals, remember these plants are generally very strong and hearty. There are two basic types with different growth habits, which affect your repotting method. […]
Wintering over Tropical Marginal Plants
Many water plants are perennial plants meaning they will endure for a number of years, going dormant during the fall and winter seasons and returning the following Spring season. There […]
The Rain Lily – Zephyranthes candida
I’d like to try something new in the way of newsletter articles. What I hope for are short little snippets about one particular plant. I’ll get it started with a […]
Pickerel Weed, Pontederia cordata
Pickerel Weed placed first in the hardy marginal category of our “Plant Election” last year. An emergent aquatic perennial that’s indigenous to waterways and bogs in zones 3 through 10 […]
Lavender Musk – Mimulus ringens
What a strange common name! It makes me think of the color lavender and the wonderful scent of lavender, but then you encounter the word “musk”, which doesn’t evoke positive […]
Marginal or Bog Plants?
Marginal or Bog, which is which plant? Water gardeners often use these names interchangeably. Actually there is a defined difference between the two. A true bog plant is a plant […]
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
Caltha palustris, or Marsh marigold, is a native rhizomatous herbaceous perennial in the buttercup (Ranuculaceae) family that can be found from Newfoundland to Alaska south to Nebraska, Tennessee, and North […]
Silverleaf, an Experimental Marginal
I found an interesting potential native pond plant when I was looking for alternatives to expensive tropical marginals for my pond. I went looking for native marginals near my former […]
One of My Favorite Marginal Plants . . . Mare’s Tail
I like a variety of texture and color in our ponds. Although it only offers lush green color, the texture of Mare’s Tail (Hipuris vulgaris) is vastly different from other […]
How to Care for Marginal Plants
Marginal plants are simply the aquatic plants found growing around the edges, or margins, of your water garden. To create a natural-looking pond, a good selection of marginal plants is […]