plants and moving water
- sharenclark
- VickiPaull
- sharenclark
- VickiPaull
- Rosee
- VickiPaull
- Rosee
- VickiPaull
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» sharenclark - plants and moving water
Hi from N. FloridaI have made a small fountain and pond and I need to know which if any plants will take moving water. It doesnt move fast but the water recycles and I want to put some plants in the fountain part. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks. Sharen.
-- posted by sharenclark
» VickiPaull - Plants. . . .
Water lilies like a calm surface. They usually won't bloom if there is too much movement. So unless you have a quite area for them, I wouldn't try it.Not knowing exactly what kind of fountain, or where or how you want to put plants in it, I'm not sure what to tell you. Watercress will grow in moving water, Water Iris will too. I have gathered both of these plants from my parent's brook, in moving water.
If you are using planting baskets I would imagine most marginals would do well, as long as they are not directly under the spray. Some marginals that might work for you would be Pickerel,Water For-Get-Me-Not, Bog Bean, etc.
You could also try some of the floaters. Water Hyacinth would be lovely if you can anchor it somehow.
You will need to be careful how you situate the plants in the fountain as the leaves can deflect water from the pond. I have heard of people waking up after a storm to find the foliage in and around the waterfall had blown over and created channels that nearly dranined the pond!
I hope this helps,
-- posted by VickiPaull
» sharenclark - Thanks for the info
Hi Vicki,The fountain is small bubbler kind with pebbles in the bottom, no spray or high spewing water. I think from what you said some small marginals in pots might work if I tuck them toward the sides. I've gone to using plants in pots in the ponds since its easier to maintain. Since I live in the woods, the wild critters use my ponds as a watering hole and they do damage the plants. Having them in pots means I can move them around and replace them more easily. The next version of my first pond is going to have a place for the animals to drink and not disturb the plants, I hope. Thanks. Sharen
-- posted by sharenclark
» VickiPaull - Your welcome :-)
By the way, the fountain project in this month's article also has some plants in it. I formed some planting "baskets" out of screen wire. More like pockets really, put gravel in them, planted Iris, and tucked them to the sides. Hope it works!-- posted by VickiPaull
» Rosee - Re: Your welcome :-)
In response to message posted by VickiPaull:Hi! As I was a little short on money this year to buy pond plants I decided to use Creeping Charlie and Creeping Jenny. They just love living in the water and the charlie is even blooming already. It is a real quick solution to getting some coverage on top of the pond. Both of these plants also love to grown down the waterfall. Some people just hate these two plants but not me! Marilynn
-- posted by Rosee
» VickiPaull - Re: Re: Your welcome :-)
Hi Rosee,Thanks for visiting!
Coverage is very important, so I am glad Charlie crept for you. I too enjoy the purple blooms of this plant. It is funny though, I did a search for "Creeping Charlie" and found websites that sell the plants followed by sites that show how to kill it out. Sometimes the Web can be a contrary place:-)
-- posted by VickiPaull
» Rosee - Re: Re: Re: Your welcome :-)
In response to message posted by VickiPaull:
-- posted by Rosee
» VickiPaull - Re: Re: Re: Re: Your welcome :-)
In response to message posted by Rosee:It sounds lovely. Just out of curiosity, I looked "Creeping Charlie" up in an old herb book of mine. The author claimed that this plant has been used as a bittering agent in beer, instead of hops! Maybe that is the solution for controlling Creeping Charlie. . . .make more beer!
:-)
-- posted by VickiPaull
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