Gardening Questions and Pictures

[leatha_g 4]

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[leatha_g 4]

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[Dragonwillow 0]

Leatha...luckly for me, hubby does most of the pond maintance. We don't have any Water lillys left, we have hungry fish apparently and they ate them all down to the bulb pratically. LOL And yes we feed them! I think we need to remove some of the fish. I've counted 19 fish that have color and there are some black ones too, but they are hard to see to count. I love the size of yours. Next pond will be much bigger scale for us I'm sure. This one is a nice size as its near our front walk. I need to get some Water lily's started in the top pool, since there is NO fish in either of them.

Whens the best time to dig up and replant iris bulbs? Anyone know? I have tons of these, but would like to thin them out and move some to maybe the front yard....though it maybe too shaded. Thats the big problem with our yard, we have over 8 mature oak and elm trees, and most of the yard is too shaded to grow really pretty flowers. Currently have tons of hosta, azelas, monkey grass, and lentin roses.

[paula 4]

OMGoodness.... you people are making me SO jealous!

Melissa, that pond is unbelievable. Honestly. That is beautiful!

Leatha!!!! have you added to your pond? I absolutely LOVE it! The picture of your spider lily (#2) touched my heart - my grandma's house was in the country and her yard seem to have tons of those lilies growing all over. LOVED all the pictures. Some seemed like you could submit them for photography awards.

[DevilMayKare 1]

Wow--beautiful ponds you guys! Leatha, I have tried and tried to grow waterlillies, but never even got a bloom! I think my little pond is too shaded.

Ground cover... what KIND of ground cover? I've got to admit it's some of those underground creepers that keep me only 90% organic. I've got a persistent ground cover type weed between my stone paths in back that I spray with roundup now & then. Other than constant vigilant weeding (or covering with black plastic and cooking--that's about all you can do with those kinds of things.

Clemantis... yeah, I've got some experience killing it. :party: I could probably grow it in front where almost anything grows with the morning sun, but the backyard is where I'd like to have more climbers. I've bought clemantis twice now and it just died.

[Mvpo8961 1]

Just trying my first posting of a picture. M

[Kim_8 2]

Ok, that's it... you're all hired. I can't even take ONE picture of my yard! I'm inspired. I made a feeble attempt to plant flowers in the front but they're tipped over to the side and look pitiful.... I'm going to give it a go. I LOVE the ponds! Are they hard to put in? My back yard is pretty good size and could use something like that! Boy, a lasagna garden and a pond - my husband is going to be busy! :-)

[Dragonwillow 0]

As long as you don't have alot of tree roots they are easy. LOL, unfortunatly digging the dang hole was the hardest for us...I should say me, hubby kept disappearing! LOL Once you get the hole dug its just a matter of getting it level...especially if you use one of the kits. Ours is actually pieces of two kits...as this is the second version. The first version sprang a leak and we had to drain it to locate it. Once drained we decided to rearrange the whole pond and bought a bigger preformed piece I think from lowes. I don't think we will redo this one again, but do plan to do a bigger pond at our next house (which is at least 2 years away for us). The most important thing is to make sure you have a big enough pump to get good waterflow. Waterflow is key.

[Kim_8 2]

I absolutely HATE digging! I would rather walk on the dreadmill for 3 hours than dig. So lucky for me my husband will do what I ask him to! Thanks for the tips on the pond! It looks so pretty. You guys did such a nice job!

[3loves 0]

Leatha ~ That is so gorgeous!! Keep the pics coming...I can't get too many. :party:

Dragonwillow ~ Impatients love the shade. Have you tried them? They are so pretty and seem to be hardy.

Mvpo8961 ~ You made my mouth drop!! How beautiful!! I am in love with that HUGE butterfly bush. That looks like the same variety I planted last year. It will be awhile b4 mine is that big.

DevilMayKare ~ I guess it will be trial and error with the clematis. Anyone else have any experience with clematis?

[Mvpo8961 1]

Okay sorry this is so big I am trying to figure out how to make them smaller. M

[Mvpo8961 1]

Here is my backyard early 2005

[3loves 0]

This is another one that should go on the cover of a magazine. Unbelievable!!! BTW, your babies are so cute. They look like poms to me. What are their names? You can PM so I don't hi-jack....sorry.

[Nana~ 4]

All the Gardens look great! My back yard is a weed Jungle :party: The cat next door likes to come over and pretend hes a tiger in the Jungle lol you can see him prowling around.

[DevilMayKare 1]

Wow! M that is gorgeous! Yeah, you spend some time in the yard. (lol)

The puppies look more like pappilions to me. Is that what they are?

Oh 3Loves, I think your pink tree might be an Eastern Redbud. Are the leaves round or heart-shaped?

So do you all have coi in your ponds? I opted for the cheap & just bought goldfish. They're getting pretty big tho!