Sorry Pam - I had to go back to work after that last post! Yes the plants on the right hand side are just the soil that was there with a bit of compost added. The 'blob' on the far right is actually a tree stump which was impossible to get out so we organised the pond round it. The soil is clay but I added plenty of grit to bed and there's a fair mix of plants. This pic shows the Irises just after I put them in (Chrysographes) with the tree stump in front of them, and there's a Libertia, a Phormium and a Clematis Niobe which is flowering it's head off just now.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Unfortunately, I don't have time or energy to slug and snail hunt Hosta, and they're horrific here with all the wet weather we get. I do have a few hostas that I rescued here when I moved in, desperate to be moved from under the huge conifer at the back of the garden. I might manage to squeeze one into the shadiest end....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Sorry Pam - I had to go back to work after that last post! Yes the plants on the right hand side are just the soil that was there with a bit of compost added. The 'blob' on the far right is actually a tree stump which was impossible to get out so we organised the pond round it. The soil is clay but I added plenty of grit to bed and there's a fair mix of plants. This pic shows the Irises just after I put them in (Chrysographes) with the tree stump in front of them, and there's a Libertia, a Phormium and a Clematis Niobe which is flowering it's head off just now.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
plants near ponds??? HOSTAS.
Thanks for that Fairygirl. It's given me some ideas of how to finish my pond.
I spy hostas , well done Pam.
Struggling for room in my teeny weeny fairy sized pond plot Hosta
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
there are some tiny hostas fairygirl. Look at H. mouse ears. There's a whole group of "mouse ears"
Unfortunately, I don't have time or energy to slug and snail hunt Hosta, and they're horrific here with all the wet weather we get. I do have a few hostas that I rescued here when I moved in, desperate to be moved from under the huge conifer at the back of the garden. I might manage to squeeze one into the shadiest end....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Also struggling with slugs here. Hoping pond will supply frogs to help control them!