(Above: TWL 'Key Lime')

Water Lilies, Lotus and pond plants
at Bergen Water Gardens

Water Lilies are some of the most important reasons that someone becomes a water gardener. With a riot of color and sometimes a profusion of blooms, Tropical and Hardy Water Lilies and Lotus represent some of the most diverse and unusual, not to mention beautiful, plants that someone can grow and enjoy.

This icon above represents the fact that Bergen Water Gardens and Nursery is an accredited member of Water Gardeners International. For our friends who are just getting started in water gardening, as well as those of our customers who are experts, this mark assures you of an ethical standard that we apply to our business.

The number of water plants available for sale today is mind-boggling, and at a glance, unless a lily is fully grown and in flower, it could be a difficult guess to know exactly what it was you just paid for, and even then, many varieties resemble each other.

What this mark means to you, however, as a friend and customer, is that any lily or lotus you buy at Bergen Water Gardens is exactly what the label says it is.

Many of our customers, as they grow in knowledge and appreciation of these amazing plants, often spend a good deal of time educating themselves and carefully selecting the cultivars they'd like to grow in their ponds.

Just like you, we like to get what we pay for, and this represents a way for you to buy from us in complete confidence.

(Download our 2006 plant lists at the bottom of the page)

(Below: TWL 'Islamorada')

New Water Plants 2006

Nelumbo “Louise” is a small to medium lotus. Flowers are cream in color and single petal. This is a free flowering lotus.

Nelumbo “Night N Day” is a small to medium lotus. Flowers are dark pink and very double. After the first day the flowers stay open and the plant is free flowering.

Marginal Plants:

Leather Fern (Acrostichum danaeifolium): This exotic tropical is a majestic variety with lush, leathery green leaves  that can grow to 8 feet tall.
Giant Star Grass (Dichromena latifolia): Grass like foliage which grows to 24" with pretty white flowers on top of 40" flower stems! Giant Star grass flowers in spring and summer.
Coreopsis sp.: is a member of the Aster family and blooms from mid-summer until the first frosts. It grows well in standing water and the yellow flowers have a chocolate center.
Marsh Rose Gentian (Sabatia dodecandra): is a beautiful perennial native to the eastern states from Florida to New York. It is an obligate aquatic and thrives in shallow standing water. It blooms from mid-summer until autumn.
Sky Flower (Hydrolea corymbosa): is a tropical wetlands plant native to Florida and parts of the Gulf Coast. Beautiful blue flowers open constantly from late summer through October.
Colocasia fontenesii "Tea Cups" Is a unique taro that has dark green leaves on dark red stems. What makes this so different is that each leaf "cups" and will hold water.
Crytosperma johnstonii: An odd tropical, aquatic aroid. The leaves are arrow shaped and accented with pink veins and the stems are covered with thorns.

(TWL 'Woods White Night', a night-blooming lily)

Our Livestock for the 2006 Pond Season

By clicking on the links below, you'll be able to download our inventory in .pdf format and print it out on your computer.

While the lists represent our complete spring inventory, some plants may be available in very limited quantities, some will be available intermittently throughout the season, and others will be available all season long.

Your best bet to avoid disappointment is to plan your selections carefully and make arrangements to purchase as soon as possible.