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Message: [QUOTE="Lisak1, post: 316394, member: 6145"] All of our marginals are naturalized in the pond - no more potted plants to contend with every year. We did learn (the hard way, naturally!) that the water needs to stay at the normal level in the pond when it ices over. The first year we shut the waterfall off and, because of our pond design, the water level drops about 5 or 6 inches. All of our marginals were then exposed to the air. I figured "freezing water, freezing air - what's the difference?" Well, there is a definite difference! Every one of our marginals died that year. The following year we decided to leave the waterfall on all winter (for a variety of reasons) and learned as a happy consequence that all the marginals not only survived, but thrived over two of the harshest winters we have had in recent memory. Lesson learned! Last year I also left all my lily pots right where they are in the pond - I had been dropping them to the lowest level. But as our koi got bigger I started to feel like the pots were taking up so much real estate in the bottom of the pond that there wasn't as much room for the fish. So I decided to leave the pots where they were and surprise! The lilies did great. The message here - I am a lazy gardener. The less work I have to do every year the happier I am! [/QUOTE]