Water Gardening: Green things in the water garden, 1 by NitrosGal

NitrosGal wrote:
Annabelle Thanks for all the great advice. I have the barley straw just floating in the pond right now. I am beginning to see more and more clearing. My pond is only 25 inches deep so would I have to bring the Anchiris in the house to winter it over? I had a water lily that I left in the pond last year as an experiment to see if it would winter over and it made it even though the pond froze to the bottom. How often should the pond be cleaned out and filled with fresh water? I was thinking of doing this next year before I move the plants outdoors. Here is a picture of the garden that was taken 4 days ago. I found a water hyincth blooming today. YIPEE Mary