Well, this year being my first year with my pond, and since my hyacinths did very poorly in the main pond (maybe the fish were eating the roots and killing them?), I decided to try since they did much better in the bog, where the fish cannot go. They are doing even better in the bucket with the light. I'm shocked. Everyone made it sound like they are hard to keep through the winter, so I figure they are just teasing me now. LOL It won't take any space or much time for me to put them in the basement, which is mostly unfinished, and just the electricity for the light, so not too bad. The dwarf lettuce were tiny little plants I bought at the local pet shop, but they grew much bigger (from less than 1" in diameter for the 3 petal plant to more like 2" or more in diameter per plant) in the bog in the sunshine, so waiting to see if they like it better or not as well with the artificial light. It's my experiment year.
Most all other plants will remain in the pond. I think the top of the lily pots are at 10", so I think they are safe on the shelves where they are, rather than put them on the bottom. I'm wondering about the parrots feather, which I put in the "pool" at the bottom of my short waterfall stream, just before it goes into the pond. It has grown huge, too, taking up the complete 3' diameter pool. It's only about 8" deep of water there. My list says that it can remain in the pond as long as the top of the pot is below the water surface. The waterfall will eventually be shut off, but I think that the pool will keep water in it, as it's obviously lower then the waterfall point. I also have some red stemmed parrots feather, but that's going to be a crap shoot, as it's sprouted up here and there. Someone said the regular is far more tolerant of the cold weather than the red stemmed variety.
Had frost this morning, so would have thought the Thalia would have died, but it is alive and growing still. Supposed to get temps back up to the 80's this coming week, so they will be good for a while yet. 