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| Ok so, I got bored the other day & decided the front yard needed a pond It started out as a little watering hole for the ducks, then I remembered I hate the ducks & they already have a much larger pond we dug just for them last summer. Plus they made the water dirty (duh, didn't think of that!) & I dunno about you but I don't want to be looking out the front door at a hole full of muddy water. So I evicted the ducks, put up a 'fence' of old wood framed windows, ripped out the pond, reshaped it & put it all back in, it's better now
But...now I have this little pond, protected by a fence no less & it's bare as all get out, DH was like "And the point of this was?" I personally like it bare, but he's not giving in, so I have to put something in it. It only holds (from my guesstamate) like 18-20ish gallons of water & gets direct overhead sun from about 2-5pm, so I don't think any fishes would love it too much. Any ideas for plants that will stay (or can be weeded to stay) in a small pond that can handle moderate pennsylvania (zone 6a) sun? Oh & the liner is a large shower curtain (the kind that go on wrap around showers) folded in half, I realize that it will probably need to be replaced next summer, but I don't mind. (xposted) |
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- Posted by pashta_2006 Z4 ADK NY (pashta@aol.com) on Sat, Aug 6, 11 at 8:05
| There are a number of floating plants: Water Hyacinth, frogbit, water lettuce, azolla (fairy moss - my favorite), duck weed. Since it sounds like the pond isn't too deep, there are many plants that like their feet in the water: umbrella plant, pickerel weed, marsh marigold, creeping jenny are just a few. Water lilies and lotus if it is deep enough. Ajuga and hosta also do well in water. Then there are swamp iris and cattails. You might also want to consider mosquito dunks to keep that population down. Good luck. Take some pictures. I'd love to see it. |
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- Posted by cliff_and_joann z7 L.I.NY (My Page) on Sun, Aug 7, 11 at 8:54
| Go the other way, instead of small go big, and put a lotus in there. We have our lotus in pots that are buried ground level. We also have a taro in a pot buried ground level. |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Mon, Aug 8, 11 at 18:36
| Helvola is a dwarf waterlily that stays smaller than two feet across. Joanne Pring too. There are dwarf cattails and dwarf equisetum (horsetail) Red stemmed parrot's feather can easily be kept small. watch out for many plants that spread like crazy they'll outgrow in a heartbeat and be a pain. You will need Mosquito Dunks for sure. |
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