Welcome to the Aqua Botanic store: Americas' favorite source of aquarium and terrarium plants! AB offers the largest in-stock selection of plants of any online American dealer/distributor.  We reward regular customers by giving them additional discounts on top of our monthly sales and specials. Join the AB family.

 

Shipping schedule: Orders are shipped Monday thru Wed of each week. Any order recieved after monday will ship the following week. If you need your order to arrive the same week you place your order, be sure to place your order before 5pm pacific time Monday.  

  Call us toll free at 866-842-6407 10 am thru 5pm Monday thru Saturday.  Thursdays and Fridays are slow days when we have more time to spend on the phone and answer questions.

 

 

 

 

 

Nuphar-this month we are featuring two species of Nuphar, aka Spadderdock: Nuphar lutea var sagittifolia, "Cape Fear spatterdock", and Nuphar lutea var round leaf, "Round leaf spadderdock. These water lilies have bright yellow flowers when grown outdoors.

 

The Cape Fear spatterdock has the same translucent yellow green leaves as its japanese cousin Nuphar japonica, except its leaves are more elongated and have wavy edges.  Both Cape fear and round leaf are relatively easy to grow and good choices for either low tech or high tech set ups. These plants are slow growers so be patient! Perfect for cold water, native fish, goldfish, Koi, or tropical. 

 

If you have a pond, move them to the pond in the spring to see their beautiful yellow flowers. Young plants need phosphate within reach of the tuber to develop good roots. A basic NPK fertilizer tablet will do the trick. Give these plants a try!