Easy Tabletop Water Gardens

Pint-sized charmers

All you need to create a small summer water garden is a container, a plant or two and some plain old H20. Once you've put it together, you can move it around your deck or patio, or even bring it indoors for a special occasion.

This slide show gives you ideas on plant combinations and containers. For planting and care instructions, plus a plan for a larger container garden, click on "Container Water Garden Tips" in the Related Links box below.

Pictured at left: Provide a colorful counterpoint to a rough-texture stone container by adding leafy rosettes of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), white water snowflakes (Nymphoides indica) and tiny Azolla fern.