Pond Plants

[PaleoFishGirl]

Beautiful... I did the same for my parents' pond, I love the 'native' look. 

[Seanc]

great pond jimskoi, i think i am going to get more plants this year, right now i olny have two lilys. i also want to put gravle in it, what is the best/cheepest stuff for this?
And you always know summer is just around the corner when you put the goldfish in the pond.

[jimskoi]

I actually already have my Koi in the pond.They are breaders so I should have more babies in about a month or so.
I went to the quarry and bought large pea gravel.It ranges from 1" to 3" in diameter.It works great and there are no sharp points on them.
I made the pond out of pool liner and covered it with black plastic for wrapping up hay.Works great and alot cheaper than pond liner.

jim

[Seanc]

yeah my goldfish are the same, went in yesterday. they also breed. i'll lookingto the pea gravel. thanks

[PaleoFishGirl]

Just an update re: locations for plants, one of the booths in the Byward Market is selling pond plants.  They mostly had hyacinth, but a few interesting looking reeds etc.  I didn't get a look at the prices because I was on a mission for work, but if you go, bring a truck because the hanging baskets for sale are INCREDIBLE (drool)...

[kennyman]

We just got a delivery of marginal and aquatic plants on Friday. None of the floaters yet, its too early for them.

I have been starting up some of the ponds (instaling pumps in the skimmers and putting in fresh filters) for a few of our customers this past week and noticed some lilly leaves just below the surface in one of the deeper ponds.

It is Open house at Hillside Gardens in Perth this weekend and it was totaly crazy there today. I never even stoped for a lunch or coffee break. 10 hrs of solid sales! I had customers from Kanata to Portland and everywhere in between

[Seanc]

i have such a hard tome with floting plants, my dog like to eat them! every day there is one less, untill they are all gone . he also likes to go swiming in out pond, and drink out of it. also he likes watching the goldfish swiming around in there, he some times spends 5 min(alot of time for a dog with a very small attention span) just watching them swim around. he pritty funny.

my gold fish are loving the pond! the swimm around in a little school, and pick at the sides and under the plants.its relaxing watching them, and its nice to go out on a nice sunday moring and sit beside it and watch them while you have breakfast.

kennyman where do you work? do you specialise in ponds?

sean

[Mettle]

SP Barrhaven just started a sale on water hyacinth and water lettuce... 10 for $10. Can get additional ones at a dollar a piece as well. But it is 10+ plants.

Not the NICEST I've ever seen, but for the price, it's not bad. The hyacinth has some good roots on it.

I expect most of it to sell this weekend though.