Related to medicinal and useful plants, we want to present you the benefits of the White water lily (Nymphaea alba L.) and of the Yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
Both of water lily species above are perennial aquatic plants, growing in ponds or stagnant waters with 1.5-2 m deepness (if it’s about white water lily) or 3m, for yellow water lily. Water lilies are rooted in substratum and their flowers and leaves float on the water surface. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin | Posted in My home garden | Posted on 25-06-2007
If you have the possibility to turn a part of your home garden into a water garden, please do so. It’s like the heaven on earth. You’ll be surrounded by green, water, fresh air, by nature with all it means.
There are several floating and aquatic plants for you to dress with the water garden. Such plants are: Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), European frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), Stratiotes aloides, Ceratophyllum demersum.
The water lily is a floating flowering plant too. Nymphaea, by its scientific name, the Water lily is the star of the water gardens and the representative plant and also the most known aquatic plant. Read the rest of this entry »
