Cool waterlily picture

I just thought this was a cool picture. This is Nymphaea 'Albert Greenberg'. It was probably my camera, but the colors came out really nifty!

Our lotus are starting to bloom!

Here at the Fish Shack, our spring lotus tubers are starting to send up flower buds. So exciting! We usually get our tubers in the very early spring. Whatever doesn't sell by May 1st, gets planted out here at the shop. Well... the ones we've planted out here at the shop are starting to send out buds and some have even flowered!

Wakins! A type of pond comet

We *rarely* get wakin goldfish in. RARELY. Maybe 1-2 times per YEAR. But they are soooo cool when they're here. A wakin has a regular, long comet goldfish body, but has a short, fancy double-tail like a ryukin or lionhead. Check 'em out:

Nymphaea immutabilis babies

We were graced with 6 immutabilis bulbs a while back. We planted them all out and 3 actually did something. Here's a picture of our young immutabilis throwing out their first blooms:

Oddball waterlily at The Fish Shack

The other day, we had one of our waterlilies go crazy at the shop. It's Nymphaea 'Ostara'. Ostara's tend to go a little nutty and I'm not sure what causes it. Maybe it's the heat here in Kahului, maybe something in it's "genetic code" causes it to go crazy? We're not sure, but whatever it is, it makes for interesting conversation.

The leaves grow into a funny shape. But the oddest thing is that the flowers come out "conjoined"! I wonder if "twinning" in plants is a common thing??

Lotus on Maui

Lotus have to grow LOTS of roots before the grow vegetation. That's why we have found it very important to plant the lotus tubers directly in dirt at the bottom of the container and never in a standard pot. All the times we've planted the tubers in pots, they grow for about 1 month and then become pot-bound and DIE.

While your lotus are growing, you may see some brown leaves. That does NOT mean it is dying. Just let those leaves go and soon the roots will be pushing up new foliage.

Maui Water Lily Gardeners

Things are really growing at full-speed now here at the Fish Shack! The water lilies, the lotus and yes, of course... the algae. Thsi is when all "water gardeners" actually get to garden! Just like weeding, the timely removal of detritus from your pond helps keep the hair/string algae away. Also, a nice acidifier (correctly used) can be a summer-time friend.

Immutabilis - Australian Water Lily - Albert de Lestang

We just re-potted our big "Albert de Lestang" Immutabilis (the Australian waterlily). It got super huge and then started to get pot-bound, so we repotted it. It's bouncing back nicely! We hope to put this out at one of the resort ponds we're going to be taking care of starting in July.

Winter in Hawaii.....sorta

Lotus & Lillies

My dad is complaining that his lillies are not growing quick enough. It's amazing how this time of year, lots of people are buying pond fertilizer. That's because even though we live in Hawaii, it still gets cooler this time of year. Mom says "It's important not to burn your plants with fertilizer early in the season." Smaller lillies are just a fact of life this time of year. But don't worry, by the time April is over, they'll be back in overdrive. Oh yeah, my dad is sitting here saying " Tell them about the lotus, tell them about the lotus!!!" They got a bundle of tubers from Florida. So, lotus peoples come and get it.

Feel free to come in, the dragonflies will greet you!!!!!!

Fish Shack's New Blogger

Hey, I'm Danann and my parents are making me write a blog about their store because they don't want to. Well, I'm new at this, so I'll try my best. Ummm, maybe before i start posting, you might want to know me first:

I am a bubbly, like a fountain, I love to draw and write.
I aslo love my dogs. I'm always (maybe not always but most of the time) willing to help.

So if you have questions just comment on the post you have questions about.

Well, see ya soon,
Danann a.k.a. Pond Girl