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Read the following articles for more information on WATER PLANTS.

Choosing Your Plants   Early Spring Water Planting
Enchanting Plants - An Overview of Water Plants   How to Take Care of Your Plants (for Winter)
What I Learned About the Lotus   The Benefits of Soiless Planting
Water Gardening Q&A   The Waterlily - A Century of Beauty
Case of the Wilting Water Plant   Winter & the Water Plant

Live Water Plants

We do not ship live plants.  We've experienced too many instances of live plants reaching their destination either dead or close to it!  When we are in season we keep a large selection of hardy and tropical water plants at the store.

Look for a crop of new plants to appear at the store in early spring (probably Mid-March).

Live Water Plants Available (when in season) at Pond Doc's Water Garden Center in Alpharetta, Georgia
Listed by common name and type of water plant.
Floaters (plants that are used to cover top of pond)
Water Hyacinths
Floating / Tropical / Blooms / Sun for more blooms / $2.95 each
Quick to spread over surface of pond. Suggest only start with a few.
  Water Lettuce
Floating / Tropical / No Bloom / Shade to Partial Sun / $2.95 each
Quick to spread over surface of pond. Suggest only start with a few.
No picture currently available Parrot's Feather
Floating / Hardy / No Bloom / Sun or Shade / $14.95 each
Quick to spread over surface of pond.  Sold in pots but can float independently.  Does best where water flows like base of waterfall or cascading down the rocks.  Place potted plant from 1" to 2 ft. of water over top of pot.
  No picture currently available Water Clover
Floating / Hardy / No Bloom / Shade to Partial Sun / $14.95 each
Invasive potted plant.  Leaves float and hold above water surface.  Place so that water is less than 1 foot above top of pot.
No picture currently available Water Poppy
Floating / Hardy / Blooms / Sun / $14.95 each
Planted in pot but pads float.  Striking yellow flowers are held just above water line.  Place shallow so that water is no more than 1 foot above top of pot.
  No picture currently available Peruvian Water Poppy
Floating / Hardy / Blooms / Sun / $14.95 each
Planted in pot but pads float.  Striking yellow flowers are held just above water line.  Place shallow so that water is no more than 1 foot above top of pot.  Larger pads and blooms than regular poppy.
No picture currently available Water Fringe
Floating / Hardy / Blooms / Sun / $14.95 each
Planted in pot but molted, variegated pads float.  Striking yellow star-shaped flowers are held just above water line.  Place shallow so that water is no more than 1 foot above top of pot.
     
         
Submerged Plants "Oxygenators" (plants that live entirely submerged)
No picture currently available Anacharis
Completely Submerged / Hardy / Small Bloom if Floated / Sun or Shade / $2.95 per bundle
Looks like seaweed and is often used to help balance a pond so that it will clear of algae bloom.
     
         
Marginal Water Plants (plants that are placed on plant shelves or at pond's edge -- roots should be in water)
Umbrella Palm
Marginal / Hardy / No Bloom / Sun or Shade / $14.95 each
Can go shallow or 2 1/2 ft. deep. 
  No picture currently available Dwarf Umbrella Palm
Marginal / Hardy / No Bloom / Sun or Shade / $14.95 each
Place with just a few inches of water covering top of pot. 
Iris
Marginal / Hardy / Bloom / Sun or Partial / $14.95 each

Often avail in many colored blooms incl. dk purple, yellow, white and pink. First to bloom. Leaves often stay green during winter.
  No picture currently available Variegated Sweet Flag
Marginal / Hardy / No Bloom / Sun or Shade / $14.95 each
Place with just an inch of water covering top of pot. 
No picture currently available Variegated Rush
Marginal / Hardy / No Bloom / Sun or Shade / $14.95 each
Place with just a few inches of water covering top of pot.  Long, thin spikes striped with light and dark green.
  No picture currently available Giant Bull Rush
Marginal / Hardy / No Bloom / Sun or Shade / $14.95 each
Place with just a few inches of water covering top of pot. High, thick spikes.
No picture currently available Pickerel Rush
Marginal / Hardy / Blooms / Sun for Best Bloom / $14.95 each
Place with just a few inches of water covering top of pot.  Avail with blue or white blooms with heart-shaped leaves.  Bushy habit. 
  No picture currently available  
No picture currently available Cattail (Cat-O-Nine-Tails)
Marginal / Hardy / Poker-like Bloom / Sun or Partial Shade / $14.95 each
Place with just a few inches of water covering top of pot.  Tall spikes sway with breeze. 
  No picture currently available Graceful Cattail
Marginal / Hardy / Poker-like Bloom / Sun or Partial Shade / $14.95 each
Place with just a few inches of water covering top of pot. Shorter and thinner leaves than regular southern Cattail. 
Lotus
Marginal / Hardy / Beautiful Large Bloom / Full Sun for Bloom / $49.95 each
Place with just an inch of water covering top of pot. Large, round leaves tower over water's level.  Bloom is exceptionally pretty and leaves behind attractive seed pod used often in dried flower arrangements.   
  No picture currently available Star Grass
Marginal / Hardy / Blooms / Full Sun / $14.95 each
Place with just an inch of water covering top of pot. Looks like a tall grass but suddenly bursts with star-like white blooms up to 3 times per year. 
No picture currently available Taro
Marginal / Tropical / No Bloom / Sun or Shade / $14.95 each
Place with just an inch of water covering top of pot. Large leaves resemble "Elephant Ears".  May survive light Zone 7 winters.
  No picture currently available "Black Magic" Taro
Marginal / Tropical / No Bloom / Sun or Shade / $14.95 each
Place with just an inch of water covering top of pot. Large leaves resemble "Elephant Ears".  Both leaves and stalks are dark purple.
No picture currently available Golden Club
Marginal / Hardy / Blooms / Sun or Partial Shade / $14.95 each
Place with just an inch of water covering top of pot. Leaves get to 1 ft. tall with yellow stamin-like bloom.
     
         
         
Bog Plants (Plants that live best in moist soils -- roots not submerged in water.)
Pitcher Plant
Bog / Hardy / Carnivorous / Sheltered Partial to Full Shade / $24.95 each
Place out of windy areas where roots stay in moist soil but stalks are not submerged.  Plant comes in several cultivars and uses "perfume" to attract bugs into long throats then slowly digests them. 
     
         
Water Lilies (Blooming plants with planted corm and pads that float.)
Hardy Water Lilies
Hardy / At least 4 hours of Sun for Bloom / Many Varieties & Colors / $29.95 each
Most can be placed in 2 ft. water but do best in up to 5 ft. depth.  Blooms and pads come in many colors.
  No picture currently available Day-Blooming Tropical Water Lilies
Tropical / At least 4 hours of Sun for Bloom / Many Varieties & Colors / $29.95 to $32.95 each
Must be placed no deeper than 2' feet of water for best results.  Several varieties to choose from. 
Miniature Water Lilies
Hardy / Full Sun for Bloom / Several Varieties & Colors / $29.95 each
Do best placed in about 1 foot of water and lots of sunshine.  Blooms and pads are noticeably smaller than regular-sized.  Good for container water garden.
  No picture currently available Night-Blooming Tropical Water Lilies
Tropical / At least 4 hours of Sun for Bloom / Many Varieties & Colors / $29.95 to $32.95 each
Must be placed no deeper than 2' feet of water for best results.  Blooms open in evening.  Some of the most fragrant of water lilies.

Fertilizers

Pond Care Plant Food Tablets
Simply push the tablets into the soil.  Roots get fertilized but algae does not.  Use 1 per marginal or bog plant per month during growing season.  Use 2 per waterlily per month during growing season.  Use 4 per month per lotus plant during growing season.  Come in re-sealable bags.
Package of 60 tablets @ 16.95
Package of 25 tablets @ 7.95
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