An introduction by Ardens from 1950, sometimes sold under the translated name `Evening Glow`. In spring it bears magenta coloured flowers, but more important is the foliage. During summer it is dark green with a light red hue. In winter it changes to a deep chestnut brown which looks really pretty when the plant is sitting in snow.

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Regretably Elephant Ears are somewhat out of fashion. One of the reasons for that is that they were misused in the past as stopgaps for `difficult` spots in the garden where nothing else would grow. It is true they Elephant Ears are easy, frugal and longliving plants, but you can`t...

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 Bergenias are fast forming clumps. This variety has green foliage and pale pink to white flowers.

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This is one of the first Elephants Ears to flower. In many years we have it in flower in March when late winter turns to early spring. Its flower are magenta pink.

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A plant with two different forms of appearance: in deep water it is an oxygenating and evergreen submerged plant. It shows pinnate leaves and forms large cushions under water. In shallow water though it emerges and shows in summer white umbels of flowers, in winter it becomes dormant. Don`t be fooled ...

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The Himalayan Fleeceflower is a home in moist meadows from Afghanistan to China. In the garden it can be used in the border (where it will perform as a nice ground cover) or in the moist soil near the pond (wher it will perform even nicer as a ground cover).

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The Himalayan Fleeceflower is a plant for the pond? Yes, we are talking seriously, for this plant is at home in moist and wet meadows. Of course it doesn`t grow in the water or at permanently wet places, but it grows everywhere where the soil is reliably moist. There it can form large carpets and ...

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At first glance the snakeweed looks like a kind of sorrel - but a sorrel with bright pink flowerspikes! On the right spot this plant will soon form large colonies.

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A plant from the seashores, very rarely found in the inland. It grows in ditches and along banks and can tolerate quite a lot of salt in the soil. Its stalks are shaped triangular. In summer the tips of the stalks are adorned with redbrown spikes.

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The Doll`s Daisy is an example that plants can be endangered not only in densely populated Europe but also in regions you wouldn`t expect. In the past this plant grew widely along the shores of River Illinois and the Mississippi, for hundreds of kilometers it could be found. Today it is very rare in...

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Bulbine became more widely known as an attractive low-care houseplant during the last few years. Especially herb-enthusiasts regard Bulbine as a good alternative to Aloe vera. Bubline contains almost the same active ingredients as Aloe vera, but it is by far not that prickly. Besides Bulbine gives better crops since it grows much faster.

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One of the most beautiful marsh plant. Large umbels of pink flowers do appear on high stalks in mid summer. If the plant won`t flower in your pond it is probably sitting too deep. It will tolerate a depth of at most 30 cms. Better keep it too shallow than too deep.

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A selection of the Flowering Rush with more intense pink flowers.

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One of Grimm`s Fairy Tales is called `Snow-White and Rose-Red` - in German `Schneeweisschen und Rosenrot`. So if there is a Flowering Rush called `Rosenrot`, `Schneeweisschen` can`t be far! Here it is: the almost pure white version of the Flowering Rush.

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Bottlebrushes do come from Australia, where they live in a large number of varieties. In Europe mainly hybrids are sold, very rarely the species. We were looking for a tub plant that could be winterized without trouble in our unheated greenhouse and came across Callistemon rigidus. It show the typical ...

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The largest variety of Marsh Marygold and quite sturdy - don`t plant it near weaker plants, they won`t survive for long. Except for size it looks exactly like the common marsh marygold.

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This variety of Marsh Marygold grows high in the Himalayas. It blooms in white and demands more sun than the other varieties.

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The common native variety of Marsh Marygold, grown from seed so you can expect some variation. In early spring it is the star among the flowers at the pond. An especialy nice contrast you can create by combining it with the pink blooming Primula rosea.

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A selection of Marsh Marygold with double flowers. The flowers are very double and resemble small dahlias in golden yellow.

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This variety of Camash is at home in the eatern parts of Oregon. There it grows in moist prairies and blooms in early summer with spikes of light blue starlike flowers. It is a very good plant for cutting. It will also survive in somewhat drier soils, but it won\'t survive soils with stagnant moisture. ...

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