Hey art n garden did you order your Bloody Dock or get it locally. I really want this plant and would like to find it locally.
What plants do you have besides lilies?
I got it at Summerland Gardens, here in the Springs.
Thank you....going to have to plan a small road trip. [=
Yay roadtrips!
Went yesterday to Summerlands and got a Bloody Dock and a Variegated Water Clover. Very friendly at this little nursery. Enjoyed my visit! {=
Thanks again art n garden.
Oh good! Glad you got to go! It's her new place, she just moved there this season. The owner is very helpful - the only staff I ever see there and she's pretty knowledgable too.
I have a parrots feather and it doesn't seem to have much growth on it. It did at first, but now it doesn't. It seems to have sank into the water, I thought they were supposed to float. I didn't pot it, just tossed it in on top of the water. Is it dying?
I tried to get a pic, but it wouldn't show up.
well here is the pic I took.
Hello, everyone. New member here.
We have Parrot's Feather in our pond too. Very sparse, but it is actually an annual in our area and has wintered over for a few years. Maybe because I float a pond heater in the water each fall.
We have a corkscrew rush and some reeds. I also have what I think is called an 'acoris'. It has long strappy leaves like an Iris but they are variegated dark green and yellow.
We also have some beautiful dark purple Japanese Iris. I discovered that any Iris can be acclimated to live in water or back again in soil. Probably because they like their corms near the surface - not planted deeply.
Oh, and 3 water lillies of course. A peach one, a pink one and a dwarf pink one.
We stopped putting in water hyacinths a few years ago. They are just too prolific and cover the entire surface of our ponds by July.
Have a blessed day! :)
I think this is a LA Iris.
The bloom close up.
I have a short variegated bamboo type of grass - that is perennial here, if I can find more info on it Ill pass it along but I dont know if I have ever had a tag for it.
My favorite perennial in my water garden has to be the Thalia - http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1005/ but it seems it is only perennial to zone 6 or so... but you never know. The leaves are pale blue green and the flower stalks are sooo tall.
Hey Davedsel! Welcome!