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Water Gardeners International
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In This Issue |
Cover Story
- Exclusive Charles Winch Waterlily
Collection at New Orleans Botanical Garden Creates a Summer Spectacular! |

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Growing
the Winch Collection from Tuber
& Tuber Propagation Illustrated
by Craig Presnell
Web Journal of Assembling the Winch
Collection
& Repotting Illustrated by Kit
Knotts
NOBG Before
Katrina, Soon After, and Spring 2006
by NOBG photographers and Rich Sacher |
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Three generations of expert plantsmen contribute to
The
Legacy of William Tricker
by Kit Knotts with Jim Lawrie
Gallery of Plates from The Water Garden
by William Tricker 1897 |
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Saving the World's
Coldest Growing
Lotus
Russia's Nelumbo komarovii
by Alexander Nijman |
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These plants may sound a little dangerous
but they have a charm all their own!
Carnivorous Plants
For In and Around Your Water Garden
by Doug Darnowski |
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Notes on Victoria
amazonica (Poepp.) J.E. Sowerby
at the Rio de Janeiro
Botanical Gardens
English | Português
by Bruno Rezende Silva, Yara Britto, Luisa Maria Rocha |
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New Plants (and a New
Book!)
Dieter Bechthold's
Nymphaea
'Pattern Ruby'
and with Harro Hieronimus
Seerosen, Blütenzauber
im Gartenteich |
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From Around the
World |
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Kudos to a couple of waterlily nurseries, gorgeous new Iris,
native species news, a celebration, and what a toad will get
you
are all part of --
Australian Roundup by Philip Swindells |
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The mild climate and skilled labor offer opportunities for -
Building a Concrete
Pond in Panamá
by Carla Black, Volcán, Chiriquí, República
de Panamá |
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Thailand
The untold story of the strangely beautiful
Nymphaea Nangkwag'
by Primlarp Wasuwat Chukiatman |
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United Kingdom, Scotland
What is that in the pond at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh?
Molecules Matter!
(as long as they're not taking the space
of the rapidly growing Victorias)
by Pat Clifford, Senior Horticulturist, RBGE |
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United States |
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Northeast
It's that time again! Louis Belloisy shares the aches, pains
and joys of
Opening My Pond in Spring |
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North Central
The Early Bird Gets
the Worm
Marsh marigold and water hawthorne announce the arrival
of spring!
by Joe Summers,
St. Louis, Missouri
Mel Jackson photos |
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Northwest
Native ornamental aquatics and tried and true performers top
the list in the Pacific Wonderland of Willamette Valley!
Go With What Works
by Dave Brigante, Tualatin, Oregon |
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Southwest
Get your pond ready for a long and rewarding summer -
Spring Pond Activities
by Leo Martin, Phoenix, Arizona |
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South Central
Count on San Antonio's Duane Eaton to tell us a fish story!
How to Sponsor a Fish
Sale, Texas Style |
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Southeast
For quick success with waterlily seeds, tubers and Victoria
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Get Yourself into Hot
Water!
by Rich Sacher, New Orleans, Louisiana |
Journal
Archive
Index to Articles
by Subject
WGI ONLINE
Journal
is published quarterly by Water Gardeners
International
Editor-in-Chief - Charles B. Thomas
Design Director - Kit Knotts |
Contributors, Columnists & Correspondents |
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Australia |
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Philip Swindells
Noelene Pullen |
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Brazil |
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Bruno Rezende Silva, Yara Britto, Luisa Maria Rocha -
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro |
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Bolivia |
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Luzmila (Chiqui ) Arroyo, Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff
M.
Tonchi Ribero |
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China |
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Dr. Xiaobao Jin, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Cyprus |
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Andreas Protopapas |
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France |
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Barbara Davies |
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Germany |
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Dieter Bechthold |
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India |
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KK Agrawal |
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Italy |
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Alberto Grossi |
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The Netherlands |
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Alexander Nijman |
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Panama |
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Carla Black |
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Thailand |
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Primlarp Wasuwat Chukiatman |
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United Kingdom |
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Pat Clifford, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland |
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United States |
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Northeast - Louis Belloisy, Connecticut
Northeast - Jim Lawrie, New Jersey
North Central - Joe Summers, Missouri
North Central - Doug Darnowski, Indiana
Northwest - Dave Brigante, Oregon
Southwest - Leo Martin, Arizona
South Central - Duane Eaton, Texas
Southeast - Rich Sacher, Louisiana
Southeast - Craig Presnell, Florida |
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Venezuela |
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Fernando Santos |
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