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Lovely spot you have there 
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Thank youLovely spot you have there
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So do you have any fishies in that pond? We like fishies and plants too. Tells us more...
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Yes, there a few small goldfish of various color patterns and a small high fin banded shark. In the floating flower bed, I have planted dwarf blue bells, rain lilies, pitcher plants, and aquatic mint. I also have water hyacinth. I do not recommend mint by the way. It is a little too fast growing lol. I would like to hear about yours as well.
HIGH FINS BANDED SHARKS GROW VERY FAST AND GET VERY LARGE
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Good to know GBBUD. Thanks for the heads up.
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I have only fantails and shubunkin goldfishes but they sure are pretty. And I also have pitcher plants and find them fascinating. No mint but quite a few hostas, creeping jenny, calla lilies and in warm weather I have water hyacinths. I try all kinds of stuff out in my bog just to see what works.
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Hi Keith! I think we're at the same latitude, though I'm guessing Oklahoma gets more temperature extremes, being landlocked. But if it stays above freezing all winter, you may be able to grow all sorts of "indoor" plants in your pond.
I've had success with spathiphyllum (peace lily), and a few other plants with similar needs. My latest experiment is with pineapple (which may not belong on pizza, but seems to enjoy being in a pond). I just cut off the tops of pineapples from the supermarket and stuck them in the pond. Here's a photo of my pond with pineapple in the foreground and peace lily among the rocks to the left of the waterfall.
The plants trailing down the falls are bacopa, and those in the stream above the falls are acorus and water iris. There's also one water lily that's still blooming profusely, though with the colder temperatures, it's blooming in slow motion -- two or three weeks for a blossom to open, and then it stays open most of the night.
Cheers from Israel!
-Yael
I've had success with spathiphyllum (peace lily), and a few other plants with similar needs. My latest experiment is with pineapple (which may not belong on pizza, but seems to enjoy being in a pond). I just cut off the tops of pineapples from the supermarket and stuck them in the pond. Here's a photo of my pond with pineapple in the foreground and peace lily among the rocks to the left of the waterfall.
The plants trailing down the falls are bacopa, and those in the stream above the falls are acorus and water iris. There's also one water lily that's still blooming profusely, though with the colder temperatures, it's blooming in slow motion -- two or three weeks for a blossom to open, and then it stays open most of the night.
Cheers from Israel!
-Yael