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What the Texas White List Means to You

In This Issue

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Multi-talented biologist Piotr Madanecki, Poland, gives us a "cluster" of charming and interesting articles about his adventures with all sorts of things, mostly water gardening related, some not, except through his association with them.


Polish Ornamental Gardens


Gallery of the 12 Gardens at POG by
Krzysztof Klos


Wonder of the World
Attacus atlas


Growing Plants and
Animals for POG


Profile
Piotr Madanecki

 
Update from RBG Kew, UK
Nymphaea thermarum | The White Victoria amazonica
Our Hardy Tropical Waterlily | Waterlily House Display 2010
by Carlos Magdalena
Photos by Rebecca Hilgenhof
   

 
A novel way to germinate Victoria cruziana?
The Riddle of the Rain Barrel
by Craig Presnell, Florida USA
   

A spectacular mountainside setting is home
to one of Scotland's treasures
Benmore Botanic Garden
Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland
by Pat Clifford, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Additional gallery from Benmore Botanic Garden
   

 
The Quest for an Easy-to-Grow
PINK Nymphaea immutabilis
by Rich Sacher, Louisiana USA
   

A special koi named Zipper inspires
Koi Varieties - Shusui
by Pam Spindola, California USA
 
   

Not without its thorny moments -
Moving an Adult Victoria to a New Pond
by Guillermo Angulo
Bogotá and "Tegualda", Colombia
   

A Four-Part Series on Building Ponds for Wildlife
Part 4 - Tie Your Pond in with the
Rest of Your Yard
by Kathy Biggs, California USA
   

A beautiful and versatile group for your pond -
Pontederias: A Family Affair
by Dave Brigante, Oregon USA
   

Journal Archive
Index to articles by subject
Index to articles by author


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Editor-in-Chief - Charles B. Thomas
Publisher & Design Director - Kit Knotts

Contributors, Columnists & Correspondents 
  Argentina 
    Jorge Monteverde
Daniel Flouret
  Australia 
  Nannette Bailey
Noelene Pullen
Pam Wilson
Jeremy Prentice
Paul Noonan
Andre Leu
Ivan Noziak
Nola & Michael Fenech
  Belgium   
    François van Avondt
  Brazil
    Bruno Rezende Silva - Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Felipe de Araújo Pinto Sobrinho
  Bolivia   
    Luzmila (Chiqui) Arroyo, Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff M.
Tonchi Ribero
  Canada  
    Janice Mason Steeves
  China
  Dou Jian, Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat-Sen
Li Shu-juan, Xi'an Botanical Garden
  Colombia
    Guillermo Angulo
  Cyprus 
    Andreas Protopapas
  Germany
    Dieter Bechthold 
Markus Germann
Werner Wallner
  Guatemala
    Alvaro Hurtado
  Hungary 
    Gábor Sramkó
Balázs Lukács 
  India  
    KK Agrawal 
  Israel   
    Michael Avishai
  Italy   
    Alberto Grossi 
  Korea  
    Chris Song
  Malaysia
    Kenneth Khoo 
  Mexico 
    Fernando Molina O.M.
  The Netherlands 
    André S.J. van Proosdij, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
  New Zealand
    Darin Brenner
  Panamá 
    Carla Black
  Poland
    Piotr Madanecki
  Romania 
    Ana Veler
  South Africa 
    Pieter van der Walt 
Johan du Plessis
  Switzerland
    Peter Kacalanos
Beth Krasna
  Thailand   
    Primlarp Wasuwat Chukiatman
Pairat Songpanich  
Dr. Slearmlarp Wasuwat
  Trinidad/Tobago
    Kevin Kenny 
  United Kingdom
    Pat Clifford, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland
John Dawes, England
Nimai Hedemark, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
Dan Leighton, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
Carlos Magdalena, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
David Smith, England
Nick Veasey, England
  United States
    Laura Adams, Texas
Alexis America, Hawaii
Laura Bancroft, Alabama
Louis Belloisy, Connecticut
Kathy Biggs, California
Dave Brigante, Oregon
Ted Coletti, New Jersey
Jamie Creamer, Alabama
David Curtright, California
Duane Eaton, Texas
Derek Fell, Pennsylvaina
Soni Forsman, Minnesota
Joyce Grigonis, New York
C. Barre Hellquist, Massachusetts
David Jones, Larry Schokman, David Blake, The Kampong, Florida
Tamara Kilbane, North Carolina
Charles Leach, Ohio
Leo Martin, Arizona
Joe Mascarenas, Colorado
Richard Moyroud, Florida
Warner Orozco-Obando, Ken Tilt, Bernice Fischman, Auburn University
Walter Pagels, California
Joel Police, Indiana
Peter Ponzio, Illinois
Craig Presnell, Florida
Don Pylant, Texas
Rich Sacher, Louisiana 
Pam Spindola, California
Steve Stroupe, Alabama
Joe Summers, Missouri
Daike Tian, Alabama
Joseph V. Tomocik, Colorado
John Wiersema, Maryland
  Venezuela
    Fernando Santos 



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