Up Coming Events
Gardenpalooza At Fir Point Farm in Aurora, Oregon.
Located 20
miles South
of Portland
14601 Arndt Road in Aurora, Oregon 97002
It
is Hughes Water Gardens fourth year of participating in this enjoyable event and
we hope to see you there
For more on Gardenpalooza click here
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Floating Plants
Water Hyacinth and Water Lettuce
Each spring at Hughes Water Gardens, customers wait with great anticipation for the arrival of Water Lettuce (Pista stratoides) and Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). They generally arrive in April or early May, depending on spring water temps.
Water Lettuce and Water Hyacinth are free floating tropical plants that are the most effective of all water plants for removing excess nutrients, therefore starving out algae.
Water Hyacinth and Water Lettuce are tropical plants and are treated as annuals in this area. They can be placed in the pond once the water temperature has reached 60 degrees.
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Tinkerbelle's
Pond Tips
 Tinkerbelle Hughes
Why a Water Feature is Better than a Lawn.
1. You don't mow a pond once a week.
2. Ponds attract more wildlife.
3. The sound of water is therapeutic.
4. Fish are cool!
5. A water lily is better than a dandelion any day.
6.There are many
different and lovely plants you can grow in your pond.
7. A pond and waterfall is much more relaxing.
8. A water feature is
artistic.
9. You don't have to water a pond.
10. No crabgrass! 11. Frogs are cool and they eat bugs!
12. A water feature is better for the environment.
13. Watching grass grow is never exciting.
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April Classes
Saturday 3th
10 am
Building Ponds and Waterfalls
Sunday 4th
2 pm
Pondless Urns & Bubbling Rocks
Saturday 10th
10 am
Building Ponds & Waterfalls
Sunday 11th
2 pm
Spring Start up for Ponds & Small Water Features
Saturday 17th
10 am
Building Ponds & Waterfalls
Sunday 18th
2 pm
Planting your Pond with Aquatic Plants
Saturday 24th
10 am
Pondless Waterfalls
& Creeks
2 pm
Pondless Urns & Bubbling Rocks
Sunday 25th
11 am
Watergardening in Containers
All classes are free (1 to 2 hours long) at our nursery
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Our Mailing Address
25289 SW Stafford Rd, Tualatin, OR 97062
Spring and Summer Hours
Monday - Saturday
9 to 6
Sunday
10 to 5
Our Telephone
503-638-1709
Copyright (C) 2008 Hughes Water Gardens. All rights reserved
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Hughes Water Gardens Water Fairies
Whimsical and Fun! - Water Fairies are now for sale at Hughes Water Gardens - as seen at the Yard, Garden & Patio Show in the Hughes Water Gardens display garden.
Light weight and finely detailed, they're made of resin, so they are durable in any weather.
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Come see our Fabulous selection of Water Features!
Hughes has a wonderful and diverse selection of water features this year!
From free standing fountains
to bubbling urns,
there's a size and shape for
every yard and patio!
For more on the fountains we carry click here
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"STEPABLES®"
The pond is done; the rocks are in place; but...the edges
look so bare.....
Never fear.... STEPABLES® are here!
Are you wondering how and what to plant around your newly completed pond? STEPABLES® are ground cover plants which are very well suited to this purpose. They soften and naturalize the edge, making the pond look like it has been there for years.
Two of the best are the moss-like plants, Scotch Moss, Sagina subulata 'Aurea' (chartreuse) and Irish Moss, Sagina subula ta (emerald green). Mosses can thrive in very little soil so they are perfect between the stones around the pond. Both like a brightly lit, cool place. Provide a place with moisture and good drainage.
Scotch Moss
Thymes are other favorites. They are tough plants, able to withstand full sun and little water once established. There are lots of choices with Thymes and we have many in stock. Lemon Thyme smells, not surprisingly, like lemons. Wooly Thyme is fuzzy with a lovely sage color. Doone Valley Thyme also h as a lemon scent with green and yellowish foliage. Most Thymes have lilac blooms in the summer. They are not only wonderful between rocks, they are good between pavers on a patio.
Wooly Thyme
For a nice woodland look New Zealand Brass Buttons, Leptinella squalida is priceless. It provides a fern-like covering in soil or between rocks. This plant enjoys a cool, moist, brightly lit area. Two other Brass Button relatives are Miniature Brass Buttons Leptinella gruver i, which has tiny serrated leaves and is very compact, and Black Brass Buttons, Leptinella X 'Platts Black' which has noteworthy bronze/black foliage.
Brass Buttons Check out our charming purple and green Bronze Dutch Clover, Trifolium repens and purple hued Stonecrop, Sedum hispanicum minus 'Purple Form'.. For early blooming there is 'Victor Reite' Arm  eria with plump pink Dianthus blossoms held on green stalks above a mossy type crown. Of course, everyone's favorite, Blue Star Creeper, Isotoma fluviatilis has dainty blueish star-shape flowers. Dutch Clover All of the groundcover plants we sell are excellent container plants. They look beautiful spilling over the edge of a container (or rock wall around a pond) and compliment taller perennials, ornamental grasses and shrubs. Speaking of ornamental grasses, we have the "perennial" favorites (pun intended), Black Mondo Grass and golden striped Carex aurea 'Variegata'. My personal favorite "STEPABLES®"is the Australian Violet, Viola hederacea. Small and shiny green leaves are a great backdrop to the gorgeous bicolor white and purple flowers.  Australian Violet These plants are but a small sample of the many "STEPABLES®" in stock now with more yet to arrive.  Blue Star Creeper |
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