Carol, my pond is approx. 3 ft long 2 ft deep 2 ft wide. I put a typhus in it last year just to see if it would work in such a small pond. The single shoot i had last year is now five. I love trying things that should'nt work.
you could always try Sarracenia flava or a flava/S. Purpurea purpurea crosses, both do well in marginal areas as well as bog gardens. all you have to do is make sure the crown of the plant is 2-3inches above the water surface. they can get quite tall, my S flava maxima is three feet tall and eats lots of wasps and flies during the summer!
I have a very small pond with shallow useless shelves. I keep losing my marginal plants which I tend to have half in and half out. I don't know what it means on the label if it says 'planting depth 0-6inches'. Is that the depth to the base of the pot or to the crown? I find the idea of completely submerging plants a bit scary.
It means the amount of water above the plant Freddo, so roughly from the soil level/top of the basket to the water level. Marginals would be happy with almost no water covering the basket, to around 6 inches of water above them. Yo may need to find another way of placing yours if the shelves are a bit mean. There are planting pocket things which you can fix round the edges of ponds and they hang into the water. You can then plant into them. Don't know the correct name for them but if you look at some of the pond plant suppliers online, you should be able to find them
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Chris didn't take the plants out of the pots? I would have thought planting in the large planter in the gravel would have been enough to contain the water plants. And Equistrium? Who's he trying to kid. Really!
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Carol, my pond is approx. 3 ft long 2 ft deep 2 ft wide. I put a typhus in it last year just to see if it would work in such a small pond. The single shoot i had last year is now five. I love trying things that should'nt work.
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you could always try Sarracenia flava or a flava/S. Purpurea purpurea crosses, both do well in marginal areas as well as bog gardens. all you have to do is make sure the crown of the plant is 2-3inches above the water surface. they can get quite tall, my S flava maxima is three feet tall and eats lots of wasps and flies during the summer!
I have a very small pond with shallow useless shelves. I keep losing my marginal plants which I tend to have half in and half out. I don't know what it means on the label if it says 'planting depth 0-6inches'. Is that the depth to the base of the pot or to the crown? I find the idea of completely submerging plants a bit scary.
It means the amount of water above the plant Freddo, so roughly from the soil level/top of the basket to the water level. Marginals would be happy with almost no water covering the basket, to around 6 inches of water above them. Yo may need to find another way of placing yours if the shelves are a bit mean. There are planting pocket things which you can fix round the edges of ponds and they hang into the water. You can then plant into them. Don't know the correct name for them but if you look at some of the pond plant suppliers online, you should be able to find them
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...