Plants for active pond water?

[bettasngoldfish]

thanks, I always love being home and getting stuff done (fun stuff) rather than at work It's supposed to be 77 degrees here tomorrow so I figured while I have the chance I better do it. Over the weekend we are supposed to drop to 40s at night and only 50s during the day

 

[addy1]

Impatience like water that much?

They love wet roots and shade I knock off all the dirt stick them in the water and they grow like crazy

 

[addy1]

I know addy's parrots feather and lots of others come back and she is in a colder zone so yep ask addy.

I can answer for what has lived and survived my lack of care here. Give me the name If I have it I can help.

I really am into the if you make it through our winter you are welcome to live here. Anything that dies over winter is history. I do not baby the plants over winter, did that for awhile, not worth it to me.

I did have a hibiscus that is not supposed to live here, it is rated to zone 7 but it survived our cold winter of zone 5ish temps We are usually zone 6b. So it gets to live.............lol

 

[Lisaebetten]

Unfortunately I made one of those classic mistakes when building a pond. Didn't make it big enough. The problem is the pond is open to the elements ie no shade and I can't get water lilies to grow because the waterfall and pond bubbler disturb the water far too much for water lilies and the sides of the pond are stone about 3 feet deep around the pond so I need something that can grow in the pond and handle an active water surface and most importantly, provide shade so the algae doesn't go nuts! EDIT: I do have a strong skimmer if that is important. On the pick below, the poor lilies all but disappeared hugging the wall to get away from the turbulence.

Can you baffle the air stone some how? Curious as my pump is big for the pond as well and current is strong toward the skimmer. I was going to make fish line type corals next spring to keep everything separated.

 

[addy1]

Move the bubbler to below the waterfall rocks, you will still get the aeration with less surface disturbance out in the main pond.

With the amount of water movement you have with the waterfall you might not even need the bubbler.

 

[addy1]

Penny wort, water mint, parrots feather, creeping primrose, side anchored float out into pond and don't mind moving water.