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Create an Easy Late-Summer Water Garden

While the heat is still on, create a stunning water garden right in your own backyard.

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Waterlily and Lotus

Waterlilies (Nymphaea) and lotus (Nelumbo) are jewels of the aquatic world. They are celebrated for their beauty and immortalized in art and religion. Many of them are easy to grow and reward the gardener with fragrant and sumptuous blossoms from June until October.

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