2010 Chinese Waterlily World Part 1 Many people have asked "How did this lotus adventure start? Bergen Water Gardens has changed dramatically over the past 18 years. Our website has evolved into a leading source for Chinese lotus in the United States and beyond. Larry Nau has been most fortunate to travel to China on 9 separate occasions, over the past 8 years. In a series of posts, I will to share the story of the creation of Lotus Paradise and the beauty and magic that is China! ( Lili Liu … [Read more...] about 2010 Chinese Waterlily World
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Lotus at Bergen Water Gardens
We will let our pictures do the talking...... as we share our Lotus at Bergen Water Gardens https://youtu.be/rmKMHPz_Cqc Order your Lotus Tubers here. Shipping starts on March 19th. … [Read more...] about Lotus at Bergen Water Gardens
Micro Lotus
Micro Lotus August 2019 In 2019 we are offering additional varieties of Micro Lotus: Spring Rain in Linan Flower Lantern Little Child Lotus Little Girl Lotus Little Green Lotus Little Pink Lady Lotus Luohan Lotus Pink Makeup #9 Red Spring Lotus Snow Chrysanthemum Some varieties may also be dwarfed such that they may grow as a small, bowl or micro lotus. IF a tiny tuber is available and it is planted in a 6 inch pot it is possible for it to grow as a a micro … [Read more...] about Micro Lotus
Larry’s Lotus Selections
Larry's Lotus Selections is in response to the question, "Which lotus should I choose?" At Bergen Water Gardens, we grow over 400 Chinese lotus varieties. From these, we offer about 200 Chinese lotus cultivars for sale to the public. It is still overwhelming and it challenging to choose which are the "best" lotus. Chinese lotus are beautiful additions to your water garden but also may be grown in a pot on your deck or patio. Here are Larry's Lotus Selections for 2018: Cloud in Yaochi: … [Read more...] about Larry’s Lotus Selections
Stone Garden Art
Stone Garden Art is created at various stone factories in eastern China. The summer of 2017 brought us to Qingdao, China for my fourth visit since 2010. Qingdao is where my journey to China began in 2010, as I laid out the groundwork for the 2011 IWGS International Symposium. About two hours outside Qingdao is a progressive and creative stone factory. Here the workers and artisans create magnificent stone carving. The stone might be grey granite, green marble, basalt or yellow sandstone to name … [Read more...] about Stone Garden Art
Bergen Water Gardens 2017 Recap
Bergen Water Gardens was most fortunate and blessed during 2017. Here is a quick Bergen Water Gardens 2017 Recap: During 2017 we expanded our Lotus Paradise Collection and displays, finished constructing GH 4 for our tropical carnivorous plants, construction of our pole barn and GH 5 for our lotus collection. 2017 allowed to us to expand our lotus, waterlily, Nepenthes and pitcher plant collections. For the first time we brought in a container of porcelain and plastic pots from China. In … [Read more...] about Bergen Water Gardens 2017 Recap
Gardenscape 2018
Bergen Water Gardens is excited to participate in the return of Rochester's premier garden show: Gardenscape 2018. The dates of this year's Gardenscape are March 8 until March 11, 2018. Thursday to Saturday 9:00 till 8:00 PM, Sunday 9:00 till 5:00 PM. The location of the show will be the The Dome Center in Henrietta, New York. Gardenscape offers wonderful gardens to experience, superb educational talks and a fabulous Garden Marketplace featuring vendors from around the … [Read more...] about Gardenscape 2018
Lotus Gallery
Late in 2016 Bergen Water Gardens was privileged to have a very special visitor from Vietnam: Tran Bich Sen. Bich is an avid photographer and one of his favorite subjects are lotus. During his visit to New York, he provided us with some unique perspectives of our lotus plants. Thank you Bich for sharing your photos with us! We look forward to your return to Bergen Water Gardens! … [Read more...] about Lotus Gallery
New Lotus for 2018
Bergen Water Gardens is excited to offer over 50 new varieties of lotus for 2018. View the new 2018 lotus here … [Read more...] about New Lotus for 2018
Cyber Monday Chinese Lotus Super Special
Our Cyber Monday special has ended. Thank you for all of your orders! Cyber Monday is here! Bergen Water Gardens is excited to offer a Cyber Monday Chinese Lotus Super Special! On Monday November 27, 2017, from 12:00 am until 11:59 pm, the following Chinese lotus are just $19.99! The following are choice Chinese lotus which will be shipped as a tuber in the spring of 2018. Chinese Red Shanghai Lotus Order Here Ai Jiangnan Lotus Order … [Read more...] about Cyber Monday Chinese Lotus Super Special
Thanksgiving Offer Free Charming Lips Lotus
Thanksgiving Offer Free Charming Lips Lotus This offer has now ended. Thank you to everyone who has ordered. Bergen Water Gardens is grateful for the support of all our wonderful customers! To express our gratitude, we will include 1 Charming Lips Lotus Tuber for FREE with each order placed of 2 or more tubers on November 21, 22, 23, 2017! Charming Lips is one of our most spectacular Chinese lotus! Select from our Premium Lotus Collection! Limited offer, one free lotus tuber … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving Offer Free Charming Lips Lotus
Stunning Thai Orchids
Bergen Water Gardens is excited to import a few varieties of Stunning Thai Orchids. The Thai Orchids were propagated and cultivated in Thailand but are found in a number of areas of Southeast Asia and a few originally from South America . This selection of orchids features many which are delightfully fragrant. These beautiful orchids are acclimating to our Nepenthes greenhouse now - October 2017 and will be offered for sale on our website in the near future. Species: Aerides … [Read more...] about Stunning Thai Orchids
Lotus Palace
To most people, looking at our new building they see a pole barn. To the staff at Bergen Water Gardens, this is our new Lotus Palace. Of course we like to joke this is Lili's Lotus Palace, the center of Lotus Paradise. This new building will be our central area where we will coordinate, organize and store our lotus "endeavors". The primary product will continue to be our lotus tubers and plants. Every day we are in contact with numerous hybridizers throughout China to search out new and unique … [Read more...] about Lotus Palace
Nepenthes Seedlings
Nepenthes seedlings arrived about 3 months ago at Bergen Water Gardens. As of October 1st, almost every Nepenthes seedling has started to pitcher and re-established itself. While most of the pitchers are still small, there is gorgeous selection of color and outstanding shapes! Some of the Nepenthes seedlings will be available for sale in the near future. … [Read more...] about Nepenthes Seedlings
New Lotus Seedlings 2017
Here is a quick look at the new lotus seedlings created at Bergen Water Gardens for 2017. We have germinated some select seeds for some of our favorite 216 lotus plants: Chinese Red Beijing, Jade in Jinling and Heart Blood to name a few. We will have to grow these plants a few years to see if they are stable and if they are "worthy" to be named. For now, we have some beautiful, new lotus seedlings. Our favorite so far: … [Read more...] about New Lotus Seedlings 2017
2017 Lotus Season
The 2017 Lotus Season is in full swing at Lotus Paradise, at Bergen Water Gardens. 2017 started off cool and wet but the lotus plants are now responding to the sun and heat of 2017. Below is a sampling of the many new Chinese lotus varieties, along with a video of our lotus growing in their 5 x 5 ponds. Peak time to visit Bergen Water Gardens during our 2017 Lotus Season is 10am to 2 pm during the month of August. https://youtu.be/W_dONYdniDg … [Read more...] about 2017 Lotus Season
