Mid-Atlantic Gardening: SPRING PLANT SWAP - MAY 2015, 1 by Muddy1

Muddy1 wrote:
You all are so welcome! Thanks for being such awesome guests; you made it so easy.
I had such a great time; I was sad to see everyone go. It was nice that Critter and Aspen lingered for a while longer.

Donner and Catbird, you took great photos; some of them are so artistic...there are views of my back yard that I don't notice or fully appreciate.

My youngest daughter and I went plant shopping together and came back with some great native bog plants for my pond. Left to right in the black floating circles:
Peltandra virginica (Arrow Arum), Equisetum hyemale (Horsetail) and Saururus Cernuus (Lizard's Tail).

They join the other native marginals and floaters I already had: Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold), Limnobium spongia (Frogbit), Azolla caroliniana (Azolla) and Bacopa caroliniana (Lemon Bacopa).

The 2nd photo shows how it looks now. I haven't planted the new plants yet; they can wait until I get all of the beautiful swap plants in the ground!

I treated myself by getting rid of the stupid waterfall which has been such a pain because if it gets the slightest bit unbalanced, the pond starts draining. My DD ordered a pond fountain for me; I'll take a photo when it's installed.

This message was edited May 10, 2015 9:30 PM