Trying out New Guinea Impatience, Miniature King Tut Papyrus, Hosta, and Creeping Jenny. They all have their feet in the water, no soil. Been in about two weeks, so far so good
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- Thread starter Jimmy Gibson
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I'll be curious to see how the New Guinea impatiens do. They have some stunning new colors this year that I'm dying to try in my falls!
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Keep an eye on the hosta.I put one in my bog 3 years ago and I have not been able to remove it! Huge root system. Coleus also do well and have a wide variety of color and texture
Go after your hosta in the spring when the tender shoots are just poking their heads out of the ground. A tad easier to tackle.
Where I have them is in the rocks in my waterfall, so they just have a trickle of water running underneath them. So I think if they try to spread with no soil they will run out of the water. Either way one of my biggest chores each spring is thinning everything out…… plants love that fishey water… LoL