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Oh, they're GORGEOUS!
Do you have a shot at the whole pond? I'd love to see how your plantings are. (was it posted in another thread that I missed?)
Do you have a shot at the whole pond? I'd love to see how your plantings are. (was it posted in another thread that I missed?)
Athena-
If you click on the pic. it will blow up. I think you can see how my White Lilly is planted on the right hand side. I will look for a better pic of how the plants are planted and more of a full shot. I think there may also be some pics. of previous years in my profile.
If you click on the pic. it will blow up. I think you can see how my White Lilly is planted on the right hand side. I will look for a better pic of how the plants are planted and more of a full shot. I think there may also be some pics. of previous years in my profile.
Well not really, that was a crappy pic.
Anyways all my plants are directly planted in the substrate. When I dug the pond I planned on having several lilly pockets dug and a couple of areas for marginals. Just lay out where you want plants or even large character boulders to be. Dig a depression, maybe 3-6" deep and a foot or so around prior to underlayment and liner install. I made the lilly pockets a little wider since they were situated on the bottom of the pond as opposed to a shelf or other shallow area. this gives them plenty of room to spread out. Remove plant from nursery container and wash off all soil. Place it in the depression w/some gravel when backfill the pond with gravel. Make sure the crown is at the same level as it was growing in the previous container.
Anyways all my plants are directly planted in the substrate. When I dug the pond I planned on having several lilly pockets dug and a couple of areas for marginals. Just lay out where you want plants or even large character boulders to be. Dig a depression, maybe 3-6" deep and a foot or so around prior to underlayment and liner install. I made the lilly pockets a little wider since they were situated on the bottom of the pond as opposed to a shelf or other shallow area. this gives them plenty of room to spread out. Remove plant from nursery container and wash off all soil. Place it in the depression w/some gravel when backfill the pond with gravel. Make sure the crown is at the same level as it was growing in the previous container.