Thanks Mothermole, I'll do a google search.
Do you grow hostas in your pond?
Dug up a bunch of small hosta yesterday and tucked them into nooks & crannies in my pond. I hope they will grow and have a wonderful summer. Keep ya posted. Great Idea!
I would not want to take the chance if you have put insecticde on them.
check the label. Some things are animal/fish safe after it rains really well or in a few hours after application.
C-nurse-I can send you some untreated hostas from my garden. D-mail me if interested.
I decided to try a japanese painted fern bareroot in my stream. It wasn't doing well where I had it so I figured it couldn't hurt to try.... I'll let you know how it goes
Hello, I just found this thread, I don't get around to as many forums as I'd like, but I have to say I like you guy's and gal's style. Who'd a thunk it? Hostas in water??? and OVER WINTER? I love it! (Songs, that pic is heavenly, so serene and tranquil and how rewarding for your hard work.) Crystal, I plan my vacations around botanical gardens and nurseries... Those are great pics. I've had a small preform (3ft across) in ground and I have a 1/2 whiskey barrel with nothing unusual for plant matter. I'm just constructing a lined oval stock tank (hole in bottom) a friend came dragging it in last Fall.. Can you use this for a pond or something? DAH, free pond material, sure! I had some liner from a $12 grab bag at end of season at Lowes a few years ago.... and I have some other ideas using an old fiberglass satellite dish (that's still on a pole in my yard and on the drawing board in my head)...
These hosta in water, bareroot? floating? potted and floating? I would think as long as the crown is out of the water.... Guess I need more clarification... (or just start setting hosta in water) lol I sunk some potted ones in the ground last fall and they are sun tolerant, and need to be moved... Sorry for all the questions, but you guys are the pilgrims of water hosta to me. I think lots of cuttings could at least root in the pond?.... (brugs, tropical hibiscus, impatiens) How about a sweet potatoe vine? We grow them inside in water.... Crimsontsavo, a raspberry plant? How is it doing? and the hardy hibiscus? Did some one mention those orange ditch daylilies? You have opened a whole new "water world" for me! Thank you! I want to compile a list:
Hosta (winters over IN water)
Elephant ears
Canna
Iris
Calla Lilies (potted-doesn't winter over in water)
Coleus (boggy areas)
Raspberry plant? - being tested
Hardy hibiscus? - being tested
Japanese Painted fern? - being tested-initial outlook good
Orange Naturalizing/Ditch lily (they're pretty and abundant around these parts;)
Edited to add the ditch lily (sounds so awful! lol), to update and if anyone wants to add or change, lmk.-Bonnie
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I tried calla lilies last year and they didn't make it. That may be my zone, though, too much sun and heat maybe. Anyone else have luck with callas? I also put ruellia in the pond last year, and it's doing great. I don't use soil, always Walmart Special Kitty clay kitty litter with rocks on top. Elephant ears and cannas doing well in the pond.
Brenda
The coleus don't seem to do well unless they go in well rooted, and stay somewhere in the "damp rocks" only zone. Otherwise, they just rot too much.
Mint works well where you want a little trailing area of greenery.
Brenda, I also tried calla lilies without success last year. I could swear I've heard that they will grow in water though....
AuntB, just "plant" the hostas bareroot so that the water is up to about the same level as soil would be if you were planting them in the ground. Impatiens definitely do well in the water - bareroot also. Here's a picture of my stream with lots of impatiens bareroot.
OMG!! I love the little froggie sitting on the rock ☺
I love it all! How are the held in place? By rocks and their growth? Are the roots going into sediment at the "bottom" of the stream? I'm sorry to get so micro, but I guess I'm in awe. The pic is wonderful! Looks like a postcard. The depth with the frog in front and the pine trees behind.. and the impatiens! Gorgeous! Maybe the list needs to be updated.. I'll mark coleus as "boggy area".. Burn_2007 in Nebraska grows the calla's potted.. I'm sure they aren't winter hardy there, but I bet it's pretty.
Thanks! I didn't even notice the frog when I was taking the picture - saw him for the first time when I downloaded to my computer. There are actually two frogs in the picture. The second is a little harder to find...
I just tucked them in between a few rocks to keep them from floating away. There is no sediment or soil of any sort on the bottom of the stream - just liner and river pebbles. When I planted them they were just little things - they thrived far better in my stream than the ones I had planted in containers. The impatiens in my biological filter are floating in styrofoam rings.
So far so good on the japanese painted fern - it even looks a little perkier than it did before I dug it up.
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Wow, great to know about the impatiens... we are most likely moving to Colorado (SW area), so we'll be rebuilding our little pond up there (to make it a BIG pond, hopefully)... I can add impatiens there! As always, SongsofJoy, your pictures are just amazing!
moving?! I'd be heart-broken if I had to move. I could be wrong - but aren't you the one with the HUGE pond in the desert? If so, I'd hate to see what you call a BIG pond, LOL!!
Yes, calla can be grown in the pond in pots. I used regular garden soil. I put them in, those clay pot. The rim was sticking out of the water,and didn't like that. This year, I'm going with the black plastic 2 gal pot, so they'll be less obvious.
Sorry, about the unfinished pond pic, this was taken 2 years ago.
All fellow ponders I just divided my perennial night bloomer, sorry don't know the oficial name. They multiply by sending out runner roots. Foliage is similar looking to dandelion, yellow flowers look like crepe paper and are three inches across. I have five (5) plants to share for postage. Dmail me if you'd like one. Flowers are open at night then close up as the sun rises.
1. nanegoat66
2. drsaul
3. pyewacketcat54
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I also have some offshoots of mme. Winfron Gonnere pink water lilies that I would like to trade.
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Mittsy - you've got Dmail.
Songs of Joy... I'm trying so hard not to be heartbroken. Our main business was built on residential new construction... and we all know what has happened in the real estate market over the past 18 months. So, things change and we look forward to building the next pond. But yes, pretty big pond in the desert... here is a pic.
The upper pond...
Yes, that's the pond I was thinking of! Gorgeous, by the way! Well, one positive thing about getting to start over is I find there are always things you realize AFTER building a pond that you could have done differently. So rebuilding is an an opportunity to perfect the art of pond building! Good luck in finding the future home of your next pond!
Please let us know when you build your new pond, I'll have a "pond warming" gift for you.
awww... thanks Mittsy! And Songs... we have a little vacation home and RV park in Dolores, CO. It actually has a very small pond that we're planning on expanding when we move up there. You're right, there is always something you'd do differently! Here's a pic of our Colorado home...
Mittsy-you have D-Mail :)
crystalnurse-You have D-mail
Anyone else want some hostas? I have a few more and want to play it forward after all the wonderful pond plants I recvd from Davesgarden people. D-mail me
Oh goodness! I would love some hostas! They are very hard to find here in Florida!
Mary
Hosta's that I transfered into pond are doing nicely. I see new growth on some. Here is one that is small but showing signs of new growth.
Your hosta looks great Beahive!
I just purchased an island and had to share. I planted a japanese iris, primrose, fern, some type of sedge, and some ground covers, impatiens and moss.
Holy crap! That is absolutely gorgeous.
I didn't know you could buy an island.
I heard of them first here on a thread some time back. I finally bought one. It's pretty amazing really. The roots of the plants will grow down into the water. According to the directions, just about anything will grow in it and for winter you just have to trim down the plants, leave it in the pond and everything will supposedly survive a hard freeze. Should be interesting to see how it develops!
The floating island looks fantastic! I want to try the impatiens in the water..but I think we still need better weather.
I love that island, I've been looking at them but they're pretty dang expensive. Did you find one for a good price? It's gorgeous!
Brenda
I found these,different ones,but they are reasonable,and would work.
http://crazyponds.com/floating_islands.html
WOW, Songs, Every time I see your photos I start to drool. Your stream & pond area are just beautiful. So cool & tranquil. Love that island. Gorgeous!
Thanks, Pye, those are better prices than I've seen.
Brenda
Thanks for the compliments on pond and island. The kit WAS a bit pricey, but I had a couple gift certificates so I splurged. The one I have is from Gardner's Supply - about 21" x 31" for $169.00
Songs, I put, can't say planted, a couple tiny hosta in the stream yesterday. I am still needing to soften the edges so will pop in a few more today. Thanks once again. Next time I shoot this picture it should have be all "Hosta-ed Up" Out to raid the Hosta bed. Patti
I have serious pond envy,you all have such beautiful ponds and streams....
I enjoy seeing them ,and dreaming...