What does your pond look like ... Today?

[addy1]

That red is crazy vivid AND I LOVE THOSE OLD WOODEN WHEELS. IS THAT AN OLD WHEEL BARREL?
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It is one of the two wagon wheel benches I brought with me from Arizona.

 

[GBBUDD]

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It is one of the two wagon wheel benches I brought with me from Arizona.

well worth the effort

 

[addy1]

The wood is crazy heavy. I was told the bench and back came from a old sugar mill.

 

[j.w]

I love that wagon wheel bench!

 

[addy1]

We do to.
I am loving my lilies this year

First lotus buds

 

[JBtheExplorer]

The pond.

The bog. By the way, the bog has been flowing great for two weeks. Guess it fixed itself.

Golden Queen Globeflower hasn't bloomed in my bog in two years. This year, I guess conditions were right for it again.

 

[Shasmit]

Wait, you have to fertilize water lilies? Mine bloomed for one day then closed up and the bloom died. Here is my water fountain, birdbath and pond. Dog and bird for scale....

 

[mrsclem]

You don't have to fertilize them but you get more blooms if you do. I treat mine in the spring, after that , they are on their own.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Wait, you have to fertilize water lilies?

You don't have to. I do because they produce bigger and longer-lasting pads.

 

[Shasmit]

You don't have to. I do because they produce bigger and longer-lasting pads.

I just ordered some fertilizer. My water lilies don’t look happy. Just a few leaves floating in the water on 2 of them. I also wonder if they don’t get enough sun. My area is under very large trees and gets dappled sunlight. Very pretty but I wish I could cut some down. I live in the city so it’s my little private oasis, pretty sure someone would notice if I cut down my trees

 

[Shasmit]

We do to.
I am loving my lilies this yearView attachment 122064View attachment 122065
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First lotus budsView attachment 122067

So gorgeous...I aspire to have plants like yours one day.

 

[Shasmit]

This is what water lilies look like when you don't fertilize them. No blooms for me! But good news, there hasn't been an algae bloom yet this year.

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Yup. That’s what mine look like.

 

[cas]

 

[mrsclem]

Lotus in front yard preform is blooming!

 

[addy1]

Mine are a bit behind yours, I have some nice buds coming up.