Plants for pond, shade and sunny

[billdolloff]

I'm in New Hampshire. Upper pond is 14 x 10 ft and is 30 inches ma x depth 90% shade. Lower pond 16 x 10 ft 40 inches deep max, 80% sun. Looking for suggestions for aquatic plants, not too invasive, maybe some color to them.

 

[sissy]

I use alot of hostas . Some of them like shade and some like sun in my landscaping . auquatic plants are easy to which like sun or shade . I use pond builders or youtube because they ponders show which plants work best . Maybe on here someone should start a post of pond plants and whicjh ones are better . I know in my pond for floaters what I use . Water hyacinth for sun and water lettuce for shade and lillies I put in floating pond net s I made out of those pool noodles they sell at the dollar tree . I use laundry bags foor the net part . i used to use window screening but found laundry bags just went over noodles better

 

[Hound Heaven]

I'm in New Hampshire. Upper pond is 14 x 10 ft and is 30 inches ma x depth 90% shade. Lower pond 16 x 10 ft 40 inches deep max, 80% sun. Looking for suggestions for aquatic plants, not too invasive, maybe some color to them.

I only have two Wanvisa Red waterlilies growing in my pond in dishpans filled with clay kitty litter. Tucked between rocks on the edges I put a couple of Sunpatients that will bloom all summer. Pickerel Rush also does well in the rocks as does one pitcher plant. But I have a bunch of stuff growing submerged shallowly in the bog: hostas, pitcher plants, Luna swirl hibiscus, White Ginger, pickerel rush, Louisiana irises, sunpatient. Experiment, have fun.

 

[sissy]

The worst with sme plants is all the fish waste makes the roots grow like crazy . I have cld hardy banana plants to shade my pond and elephant ears and they can get huge , They can get as big as 12 feet tall . Heavy rains here over fil pond and the extra water comes out a spot I have lowered in the liner and it feeds the banana and elephant ear plants . . I dig up bby plants and put them in pots in my filters and when they get healthy oots on them I give them away . I have tried root trimming them but even that does not work . Last 2 years I have really taken out alot of the root bulbs on them to cut back growth of them

 

[j.w]

The worst with sme plants is all the fish waste makes the roots grow like crazy . I have cld hardy banana plants to shade my pond and elephant ears and they can get huge , They can get as big as 12 feet tall . Heavy rains here over fil pond and the extra water comes out a spot I have lowered in the liner and it feeds the banana and elephant ear plants . . I dig up bby plants and put them in pots in my filters and when they get healthy oots on them I give them away . I have tried root trimming them but even that does not work . Last 2 years I have really taken out alot of the root bulbs on them to cut back growth of them

Oh yes I know those hardy banana's can grow huge and multiply each year. I have had to did some up also. They are so neat looking when they get really tall! Have gotten banana's on them in the past but not edible. Just have a lot of fiber in them. Think they use them somewhere to make rope or? If you eat one you will never be constipated for the rest of your life and they don't taste good!

 

[GBBUDD]

ct here and i lived in nh for 20 years. the list is huge on what plants will work then there are the others that will do too well and the will not come back crowd.

shade impatience ferns reeds rushes some irris forget me nots hostas

sun you need to compair your zone to the plant a great place to start is playitkoi. they have plants and by zone. i would find a list of invasive water plants online and anything on that list i would avoid.

 

[sissy]

you sure are right jw . But mostly I like my elephant ears . I take a leaf put sand down on plastic in my basement and make concrete elephant ear leaves , Just put a big leaf upside down and start adding cement and window screening layers . They make great gifts and decorations for the yard . The butterflies and birds love to drink and play in them . I make them in the basement so the cement cures slower then I seal them . Usually takes 4 to 6 months to cure . I have to make some this summer again . I am going to make a couple of banana leaf ones but they take longer and the length of the leaf makes them harder to move

 

[Lisak1]

y zone. i would find a list of invasive water plants online and anything on that list i would avoid

I would agree with this except add - invasive to YOUR ZONE. What’s invasive in one part of the world is just an annual some place else. Water hyacinth for example- can’t buy them any more in Chicago because they’re invasive, but I guarantee you they aren’t surviving a winter here. Or a fall for that matter.

 

[sissy]

very true that is why you check , like water lettuce and water hyacinth are instrusive here in VA so I compost them in a barrel and save some in a basement fish tank so I don't have to buy them . Even cold hardy banana plants are going to be put on the list here . It makes you wonder about what is intrusive and what is not . I do know in deeper water lettuce and hyacinth are a problem at Smith Mountain Lake and Bedford Lake . Epic ice storm here killed alot of trees and shrubs . Them this solar garbage came along and millions and millions of trees cut down for the solar farms and made our landscape ugly . Thing is the 7 solar farms are not even for V A people , We were never told where it goes too . The ice storm damaged my peach and pear and apple trees . Even my strawberry plants wre damaged but are coming back bit by bit . Lost all my potato plants that I could pick from all winter and summer for years

 

[j.w]

Think not enough sun to make the water lettuce or water hyacinth grow good here. By the time they get going Summer is over here! I tried anyways.

 

[billdolloff]

I use alot of hostas . Some of them like shade and some like sun in my landscaping . auquatic plants are easy to which like sun or shade . I use pond builders or youtube because they ponders show which plants work best . Maybe on here someone should start a post of pond plants and whicjh ones are better . I know in my pond for floaters what I use . Water hyacinth for sun and water lettuce for shade and lillies I put in floating pond net s I made out of those pool noodles they sell at the dollar tree . I use laundry bags foor the net part . i used to use window screening but found laundry bags just went over noodles better

I have about 12 hostas, and tulips, moss, wild ferns, calla lillies, and other odds and ends but what I dont have is aquatic plants in the water.

 

[billdolloff]

I have about 12 hostas, and tulips, moss, wild ferns, calla lillies, and other odds and ends but what I dont have is aquatic plants in the water.

I use alot of hostas . Some of them like shade and some like sun in my landscaping . auquatic plants are easy to which like sun or shade . I use pond builders or youtube because they ponders show which plants work best . Maybe on here someone should start a post of pond plants and whicjh ones are better . I know in my pond for floaters what I use . Water hyacinth for sun and water lettuce for shade and lillies I put in floating pond net s I made out of those pool noodles they sell at the dollar tree . I use laundry bags foor the net part . i used to use window screening but found laundry bags just went over noodles better

I have about 12 hostas, and tulips, moss, wild ferns, calla lillies, and other odds and ends but what I dont have is aquatic plants in the water.

 

[billdolloff]

ct here and i lived in nh for 20 years. the list is huge on what plants will work then there are the others that will do too well and the will not come back crowd.

shade impatience ferns reeds rushes some irris forget me nots hostas

sun you need to compair your zone to the plant a great place to start is playitkoi. they have plants and by zone. i would find a list of invasive water plants online and anything on that list i would avoid.

Thank you! I have about 12 hostas, and tulips, moss, wild ferns, calla lillies, and other odds and ends around my stream and ponds, but what I dont have is aquatic plants in the water. I'll check out playitkoi.

 

[sissy]

I f;oat some of my plants . I make JW's plant rings that I make with pool noodles , the dollar tree ones are cheap and instead of window screening I use the dollar store laundry bags around the pool noodles . I save my water hyacinth in a fish tank in my basement . I just use a small fish tank aerator and water from my koi pond . I have done this for the last 8 years . The only problem with floaters is that they spread fast and the other is the give off oxygen during the day ( which is good ) but use it up at night when the fish need it most . ( BAD )

 

[sissy]

last year fall lasted until after Christmas . . We have winter here around Jan and it was not bad but longer than usual .