Thanks everyone! *grinning* You have no idea how much your kind words mean to me!! Considering that it's only an itsy tiny version of what most of you have, and considering how long most of you have been doing this compared to my short time in the hobby, I'm VERY flattered.
okiee... the tub isn't really that big, the water lilly is a miniature or dwarf version, a Helvola. The flowers are only 2-3" in diameter, tops. The other plants are mostly aquarium plants. Since I had to put my tiny pond under the deck to keep it from getting too hot for fish, it gets almost no sun - only an hour or so of very indirect sun in the morning, and a sliver of it (25% or so) gets another hour or so of sun in the afternoon... so... most pond plants wouldn't live/survive in my pond due to lack of sun.
None of them except for the water lily are actually planted. The rest are either just weighted with lead-free solder around the stems and/or stuck into the rocks, etc...
Plants:
Amazon Swords
Submerged and marginal Creeping Jenny
3 or 4 different types of Anubias
Java Fern
Java Moss
a red/purple/green small leaved aquarium plant that I don't know the name of
Needle Rush
Baby's Tears
& Water Lettuce
And the largest ones? Plain ol' Pothos that everyone grows as a houseplant. I figured you can leave it rooting in a vase FOREVER, and it hates direct sunlight, and I HAVE TONS OF IT. One day I dropped it into a shady side of the pond one day while adding lettuce (hoping both would be nitrate mops) just to see what would happen... it's never been happier! After putting it in there, I read on a couple sites that it could be toxic, but I haven't noted anyone eating it, not even my one lonely koi, so I'm still undecided on if it's gonna stay or not.
