Will marginals survive frozen winter

[Pond skipper]

just wondering if anyone knows what, if any, marginals may survive being frozen over the winter in my shallow pond (shelf is only about 6"down) pond is about 1.5-2' deep.

 

[EricV]

For me, Bog Bean, Water forget-me-not, and marsh marigold all survive in the shallowest parts. I'm interested to hear of others. All three of these plants green up rather early too.

 

[Lisak1]

All of my hardy marginals survive - irises, reeds, rushes, cardinal flower, as well as the ones @EricV mentioned. We learned the trick is to make sure they are not exposed - completely frozen in the ice is fine. Uncovered they all die. The first year we shut the pond down for winter which in our design causes the water level to drop about 8 inches. Every one of my plants died. Keeping the water level up to keep them in/under the ice and we’ve never had the problem again.

 

[Stephen Noble]

You live in the southern end of Ontario and I think that is zone 5 so reeds, rushes etc. will do fine.
Stephen

 

[sissy]

you could do like colleen in Canada does ,build a hoop house over the pond

 

[Louisa]

We are in Barrie as well and just drop everything in the deeper pond to the bottom. This includes fish as well. Hubby leaves a pump bubbling away and everything survived last winter. If you would like to chat or compare what works in Barrie send me a message.

 

[Pond skipper]

Thanks all.. so now for my other monkey wrench... I was really hoping to plant whatever I use bare root either in some travel on the shelves or anchored with stones and rocks.. will any of the big bean or rushes or marsh marigolds or reeds do OK planted like that or would I have to put them in pots.. really don't want to put any dirt in the pond..

 

[Pond skipper]

We are in Barrie as well and just drop everything in the deeper pond to the bottom. This includes fish as well. Hubby leaves a pump bubbling away and everything survived last winter. If you would like to chat or compare what works in Barrie send me a message.

I'm guessing your pond is deeper than mine... I hit lords of large tree roots so I had to keep it shallow about 1.5-2' ...Are you in the north or south end of Barrie?

 

[EricV]

Thanks all.. so now for my other monkey wrench... I was really hoping to plant whatever I use bare root either in some travel on the shelves or anchored with stones and rocks.. will any of the big bean or rushes or marsh marigolds or reeds do OK planted like that or would I have to put them in pots.. really don't want to put any dirt in the pond..

Everything I mentioned does fine just tucked behind some medium sized rocks.

 

[poconojoe]

All that were mentioned.

And to add what was already said... I will mention that all my Creeping Jenny that was either planted in the pond (which were on shelves and frozen solid) or rooted in the ground survived. They not only survived, but are flourishing. The Creeping Jenny that were in pots sitting above the ground tucked in-between rocks all died.

 

[Lisak1]

I was really hoping to plant whatever I use bare root either in some travel on the shelves or anchored with stones and rocks.. will any of the big bean or rushes or marsh marigolds or reeds do OK planted like that or would I have to put them in pots.

Plants that are naturalized in the pond will do much better than anything in pots. I quickly grew tired of the "drop them to the bottom" routine - all those pots would take up so much bottom space in my pond over winter! - and figured out how to plant everything directly in the pond. In gravel, in between rocks, anchored with a few rocks on a shelf - whatever works! My first "out of the pot" plant literally burst out of the pot, so I cut the pot off, chopped the plant in hal , opened up the circle into two half circles and dropped them on the shelf. That plant taught me a lot just by refusing to cooperate with my pot idea!

 

[EricV]

I bought a ton of the nice fabric aquascape pots. Now they are mostly sitting in my garage as I do the same thing. I don’t even have any gravel, but once they get a bit of root going, they will anchor in and collect their own soil. Lilies, lotus, and hawthorn will stay in pots.

 

[Lisak1]

I bought a ton of the nice fabric aquascape pots.

I have a whole bunch of those myself. Seemed like a good idea at the time, right?

 

[Louisa]

I'm guessing your pond is deeper than mine... I hit lords of large tree roots so I had to keep it shallow about 1.5-2' ...Are you in the north or south end of Barrie?

Hi Pond Skipper.

We are in the North end of Barrie, Anne Street and Cundles Road area.

 

[Pond skipper]

Hi Pond Skipper.

We are in the North end of Barrie, Anne Street and Cundles Road area.

Ahh howdy neighbour... Duckworth and Wellington area here.