Water Gardening: Rambling tale of plants and ponds and dreams., 3 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
Belle, the pond has been through a few changes. I put some Thalia geniculata in it and it took off in top gear almost filling the pond in no time. Quite a job to get it out. Even now I still get seedlings coming up around the place. Removing it opened up the pond again. The Typhonodorum has never looked back. It flowers regularly but I ran out of people to give seeds/seedlings to. So now I cut the immature seed pods off and compost them.

The surrounding plants are doing quite well. Everything is so tall now that the pond looks tiny by perspective.

1st Photo. A front view. The timber leaning at the back is a fallen tree propped on another tree. Still have to work out how to get it out of there. The problem with rainforests, always some tree falling.

2nd photo. From the back edge towards the front. On the left Lasia spinosa, a water aroid. Bottom left Carpentaria acuminata, a palm. To the right Typhonodorum lindleyanum, the "owner" of the pond.

3rd photo. Bit further back, looking through (over) the foliage at the back of the pond towards the pond. The centre plant is the Lasia spinosa.

4th photo. Cyrtosperma merkusii, Giant Swamp Taro, the original purpose for starting this pond. It's in the background of the pond in soggy soil.

5th photo. Urospatha grandis, another water aroid. It's in a pot on the edge to stop it from getting out of control and easier to reposition if needed.