pond in frederick, md

[CountryEscape]

Great pics of your babies, Addy. Lots of color going on there. And, yeah, that waterfall is really nice. Way better than a teeny tiny pump pushing the water, for sure! Looks like it's coming out of that rock, which is a really neat looking rock to begin with, but having water coming out of it is really neat.

 

[addy1]

Thanks you all, my lilies grow great, hyacinths, water lettuce nope.

Those rocks are from my 175 gallon tank I had in arizona with ciclids, bought them at a really neat fish store. The fish live in river bottoms and loved the rocks.
One of the many boxes of rocks I hauled across country

I am sort of lily overloaded right now, really should remove some, it does give the pond a blanket of leaves, but do love the flowers. I am going to tag them to keep track of colors and most likely offer a few more up for postage.

It does give the fish a good hiding area from the heron that has not come back this year, yet..............

 

[addy1]

updated photos

lilies! a little crowded need to do some grooming

lotus has been blooming all summer

This lotus just opened for the first time smells great too

purple and green cone flower

 

[CountryEscape]

Gorgeous pics, Addy! Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful gardens and pond. Lilies are to die for! I see a photo winner in there for sure.

 

[j.w]

Whoa where'd the pond go,lol! So many beautiful lilies and that lotus is sooooooooooo pretty!
Love the beauty of the cone flower and that one is particularly a nice 2 toned color!

 

[taherrmann4]

Looking great!!

 

[pondlover]

Wow... your lilies are on growth overload. :razz: What a beautiful place you have created.

 

[addy1]

Lol spent the morning grooming the lilies, something I really enjoy doing. The fish all come swimming up, nibbling on the feet, legs, you can actually reach down and catch a few. A good time to see all of the colors and combinations. I was surprised at some of the pretty shubies in the pond and of course all the others too. Saw a pure yellow, bright red, and all combinations of red and white, white and orange, white, black with red blue white, long fins short fins, they all are pretty

Anyways can now see water again!

 

[j.w]

So did ya catch a few for inside in an aquarium or is that where the shubbies from the deck pond might go? I think one of your lilies you gave me is blooming. It's not quite open all the way but it looks different then my other old bright pink one that I kept.

 

[addy1]

Honey wants the deck pond shubbies to come inside for the winter, we will see. I need to buy a tank.

That lily looks like the bright almost florescent pink one. It is called a mayla, long blooming.

http://www.bonniesplants.com/lilies_hardy/mayla.htm

 

[j.w]

Mayla has opened in all her beautiful glory now. I love it!






Getting another Mayla bloom and the one on the far right just opening is my old one. Think it's called Nymphaea Burgandy Princess (Kirk Strawn 1989) Got at Lowes several yrs ago.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Looks like you will need to give some more monster lillys away, they are doing "too good" in your pond! But flowers are soooo lovely!! My little shubbies, (fantail goldfish?) do surprisingly well outside all winter, used to have tanks for goldfish all over, got too much for this little house. my hubby used to say the same thing too, just bring the little cute ones in..... like they were going to suffer horribly if left out, not the case the all... men just think that! Oh well, sometimes you just got to make them happy!

 

[addy1]

I just planted this tropical, king of siam. First purple in my pond, will need to over winter it in the basement. Sure do love the color!

The obedience plant is going crazy in the bog. The flowers are a real pretty liliac color.

 

[j.w]

Very pretty lily addy and the Obedience plant is doing great in your bog!

 

[CometKeith]

Addy, All your flowers are great!