Does anyone know of any water garden plants that can go outside of the pond? around it, to make it look nice? i'm at a loss here..also a few pretty blooming water plants..would be nice to know...thanks

Japanese Iris... it has been my experience, that it will grow and bloom in dry soil and then right up to and into the water... even with the rhizomes completely submerged. Also, I have some "Zebra Bullrush" that originally was in my pond but a bit of it rooted just outside the pond and done rather well. I think you may have to keep it watered fairly well tho! Do you have a bog area?

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What in the heck is a bog area? sounds like some sort of animal..hehe...so i would have to say i don't have one of those...and all these flower& plant names..does anyone know if they will live by me? i mean we get some crappy weather here..frost this morning (boy was i mad) ruined my day..but it's suppose to get nicer..and i just read that the weekend is suppose to be nice..OH YEAH...PARTY TIME!!!! Let's get to working outside (my husband said he'll be working on the basement this weekend..uhhhhhhhh hello mcfly...you have my pond to dig...hehe..i love him though..guess we'll get to it when we can..thanks for all the answers..i appreciate them greatly..

OOPs and the flowers and plants should be fine in your area.. what zone are you in?

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You have to find the plants that are hardy to that zone when it says hardy zone 3-8 you are in that group so it should be fine for winter in your area...

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I have a few I heard about elco says japanese iris I have a water lily, water lettuce,ummmmm that is all I know of ..

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lily pads are lotus ... kinda the same .. I sell fur coats lang.. yep last 7 years .. I cut my hours back cause of day care..

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I know .... I could get a different job but I love my boss she is such a wonderful person! she does a ton for me including pay for my child care where else are you going to find that..?

We have wild ones around here they are yellow and pretty!

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Hi, Guys! Sorry but I need to clear up some info.
Lily pads and lotus are not the same thing.

Lotus (nelumbo) can range in size from 2' to 6' high out of the water. Waterlilies (nymphaea) have floating pads with only a few varieties that hold there flowers or pads above the water.

langford~ In zone 5 there are quite a few plants that will work for your pond and be hardy. You also don't need water plants to grow on the outside, regular perennials & annuals will work fine but here are a few I can think of that grow in regular garden dirt if kept damp iris pseudacorus, LA iris, Japanese iris, horsetail rush, chameleon plant, sweet flag & creeping jenny. For flowers in the pond waterlilies, spatterdock, pickeral rush, marsh marigolds, lizard tail, lotus & water avens. The waterliliy, spatterdock & lotus are deep water plants, all of the others are marginals.

There are some plants that aren't hardy for your zone but look great next to a pond such as taro and cannas.

Gardencrazy

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where did you get the lily?

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needs to be more pliable I think it is suppose to be 8mm at least!

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you could try it in the winter it might get to brittle and crack easier... not for the main liner right?

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yeah I would use a couple if it was me.. do you get them for free? like old ones?

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yeah why not thats what I say!! Hope it does that would save you some change ... I would try to get the free carpet as well just cause it is thicker and you would not have worry about any rocks puncturing the plastic

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It is the weight of the water ... waters heavy!! could poke a hole in plastic easy if you missed even 1 rock.. root what ever there may be

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Just trying to help you save time!!

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I dug mine myself .. to impatient to wait 3 years for him to do it !!

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LOL yep there ya go... though mine did clean out the garage today... and dug some weeds out of the garden.. so I can't complain!

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Originally posted by langford:
..cause honestly..i have no clue what i'm doing..heheheh..i can't wait for this to get off the ground though..

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If you have no idea what you are doing, you might want to read this first...

How NOT To Build A Pond!

I did everything WRONG!
Make sure you use a level...first.
If one side is even a few inches lower than the other side, it's not good...trust me.

This was my second pond-building experience.
I obviously didn't learn anything from my first one.
I'm a slow learner.

Cindy

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Well hello afgreyparrot..i've been waiting to see you post..actually i read all of that post before i joined..and laughed hysterically at everything that happened...very funny stuff...So did you read what i was going to do..cause i wouldn't mind your input as well..

Wow that is pretty...what are they both called? Well we measured our pond last night..or layed it out to see what it would look like..and it is 26 long..by 18 1/2 wide..guess that is big enough..right?

Cindy's right - she shared some with me too, and my fish and I were very thankful!

The little ones are called duckweed, and the feathery ones are called Parrots feathers.

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I am getting some of that too..dang i like that ...thanks for the info..gonna have to find that somewhere..don't know where yet..but somewhere..hehe.