The Good Banter Thread

[baeya]

Finished laying the blocks for the bog today. Put the underlayment and liner in and picked up the pvc. See pictures on my pond 'blog'.

 

[j.w]

Yep I seen the photo's and your little helpers...........even the dog was in on it. Looks like you got smart baeya.................turned family day into family pond build Thursday,lol!
The bog looks real nice w/ the liner sitting in there. Won't be long now.

 

[baeya]

Geeze...........I didn't even notice my dog, Oliver, was in the picture!!!! I was having so much fun watching the boys, I didn't realize that Oliver was watching them too!

 

[addy1]

Doing great baeya...........if you still need more plants I have a bunch of nice rooted ones I can send ya.......
What did you pickup for your bog? Share your plants lol.

We are getting rain rain rain lol, sure could have used this during the summer, it was dry again, now nice and wet
under flash flood warnings

 

[baeya]

Here is a list of what I ordered. The site I ordered from didn't have zone listings on all the items I ordered. If it didn't have the zone listed, I assumed they were hardy......I think I might be wrong on a few.....

Calla Lily
Creeping Jenny 'golden'
Fairy Lily
Parrots Feather
Pickerel Rush 'purple'
Siberian Pink Cups
Taro 'Tea Cup'
Water Zinnia
Water Hyssop 'hairy'
Dwarf Cattail
Blue Medusa Rush
Bog Lily Red Leaved 'Sangria'

I'm hoping to get the plumbing done today after I get out of work........

 

[taherrmann4]

Taro tea cup is zone 7b or higher so I would not put that in the ground until next spring, it should be a bulb so just keep it in a cool area where it will not freeze.
Calla lily are usually hardy to zone 8 I think.
water zinnia I thought were hardy to zone 8 or 9.

 

[addy1]

Here is a list of what I ordered. The site I ordered from didn't have zone listings on all the items I ordered. If it didn't have the zone listed, I assumed they were hardy......I think I might be wrong on a few.....

Calla Lily >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zone 8-10
Creeping Jenny 'golden' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hardy
Fairy Lily >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zone 7
Parrots Feather >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mine came back we are zone 6b-7
Pickerel Rush 'purple' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zone 4-11 (mine didn't come back but it was baby plants put in late)
Siberian Pink Cups >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zone 6-11 (likes some shade to survive)
Taro 'Tea Cup' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zone 8
Water Zinnia >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zone 8
Water Hyssop 'hairy' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zone 8
Dwarf Cattail >>>>>>>>>>>> zone 6 should be ok left in bog ow sink into pond bring up in spring before it begins to grow
Blue Medusa Rush >>>>>>>>>>>>> zone 7-10
Bog Lily Red Leaved 'Sangria' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zone 8

I'm hoping to get the plumbing done today after I get out of work........

there ya go baeya, you may need to keep some in the house over winter.

 

[baeya]

I ordered from pondplants.com Guess I'll have to call them and bitch them out for not putting zones on all their plants....jerks. You would think a place that specializes in plants would put zones on all of them, not just a few.

 

[koiguy1969]

you may want to pump out the water from your bog a couple times or more and refill to get rid of all the organics, and silt / soil.

 

[baeya]

Their web site says the Siberian Pink Cups are zone 2 and the Taro Tea Cup are zone 3. The Bog Lily 'Sangria says its extra cold hardy compared to the purple leaf crinum......probably might be a good idea to do a mass planting of just one type of plant. If you had to choose just one, which bog plant would you put in????

 

[baeya]

I let it run over for a few hours and kept moving the gravel around....it's a lot better now....thanks

 

[baeya]

Oh my gosh...I'm so tired, every muscle in my body hurts. Time for Advil.

 

[HARO]

Oh my gosh...I'm so tired, every muscle in my body hurts. Time for Advil.

Or Jack Daniels! :beer: John

 

[baeya]

Or Jack Daniels! :beer: John

Hmmmm.........I might take you up on that!

 

[addy1]

Their web site says the Siberian Pink Cups are zone 2 and the Taro Tea Cup are zone 3. The Bog Lily 'Sangria says its extra cold hardy compared to the purple leaf crinum......probably might be a good idea to do a mass planting of just one type of plant. If you had to choose just one, which bog plant would you put in????

I looked them up for you via the net, if they say ok most likely ok did not know any taro could handle cold.

I like a mix, depends on what you are aiming for.