the Nymphaea 'Atropurpurea', better known as the water lily. They add an exotic touch to a pond with their showy star-shaped flowers and purple-green leaves. This hardy plant grows well in medium ...

The result is a patchwork of elongated holes in the leaves. The only thing that can be done is to hose them off with a jet of water. Hardy types to consider Nymphaea 'Gladstoniana': A vigorous ...

Nymphaea “Purple Fantasy” water lily Tropical ... The final difference between tropical and hardy water lilies is in the edges of the leaves (sometimes called pads). Tropical water lily ...

With their enchanting flowers and magical floating leaves, Water Lilies Nymphaea are spellbinding aquatic perennials. They sparkle in shades of white, pink, red, apricot and yellow, and light up ...

My favourite is Nymphaea atropurpurea ... Mentha aquatica has attractive, dark green stems and leaves, sometimes tinged red, and pink flowers from July into October. Like all mints, it is easy ...

In a crime that will shock the green-fingered, a thief has made off with the tiny water lily Nymphaea thermarum – one of the rarest plants in the world – from a botanical gardens in London.

The Nymphaea thermarum, also known as the pygmy Rwandan water lily, vanished from a conservatory at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew on Thursday between 8.30am and 2.55pm. The plant is one of the ...