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Luster Aquatic Nursery
3864 Oak Hill Ranch Road
Zolfo Springs, FL 33890

Phone (863)735-2400
Fax (863)735-2401
Email info@lusteraquatic.com

About Us

In 1989 we started Luster Aquatic Nursery in Delray Beach, Florida, growing plants mostly for aquariums and terrariums. Personal water gardens in those early years were largely unheard of. By the early 1990's water garden plants started becoming a larger factor in the business and of much greater personal satisfaction, so we began to expand our pond plant inventory from just the few specimens of N. capensis.

		We tried to balance the space and time between those two aspects of the nursery for a number of years, but more and more, found ourselves favoring the pond plants, especially once we started producing our own varieties of tropical day blooming waterlilies, some of which have been awarded:


'Serendipity' Winner of the IWGS 2001 Best in Show (Banksian Medal) Tropical Waterlily	'Midnight Serenade' Winner of the IWGS 2002 Best Medium/Large Tropical Waterlily	'Foxfire' Winner of the IWGS 2004 Best Tropical Waterlily and Best New Waterlily


	'Avalanche' Winner of the IWGS 2006 Best Tropical Waterlily and Best New Waterlily	'Pink Flamingo' Second Place Winner in the IWGS 2006 New Tropical Waterlily Competition

The enjoyment of devoting more time and effort to water gardening was tempered by the severe restraints caused by a lack of space. So in the summer of 2004, we relocated to a larger site in Zolfo Springs, Florida, and discontinued the aquarium plants to focus our full energy on the pond plants.

It is true that nothing is constant except change and change arrived at our doorstep in 2006.
Former aquarium plant customers repeatedly requested that we reconsider adding aquarium
plants to our stock list and as the dust had settled from the nursery relocation, we once again
are able to offer a supply of cultivated aquatic plants for aquariums.

With the exception of some Nymphaea species, our waterlilies are produced vegetatively to eliminate the growing concerns over mislabeled look alike seedlings, and we are certified growers
in the Water Gardeners International 'Truly Named' program. Whenever possible, our marginal plants are grown from seed or obtained from reputable growers and tissue culture labs to reduce dependence on wild collected plants and result in a superior product.

We are proud of the plants we produce and happy to provide provenance should any questions arise. We look forward to being able to provide new, exciting varieties of aquatic plants for ponds and aquariums in the future as well.