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| The bottom of the baskets are 1/2" or so into the flowing water. The constant water allows the plants to overgrow. Surprisingly, even some "dry" plants thrive with wet feet. The Louisisana iris was shoved into one of the baskets. I get the baskets from Steins, HD and Menards. | The cyperus (papyrus) is either tied with the roots directly in the water or in small pots and the roots quickly move out. The water celery is directly in the water. The 2 lilies are in large closed pots filled with loam and topped with big flat hand sized river rocks and dressed with large pea gravel to keep the koi from digging in the mud. |
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| cyperus are small,
pansies in a basket with lobelia and fuzzy green vine. on right the nummularia
was tucked into a
basket and produce long vines that reach the water. the basket in the middle has white lobelia, geraniums and trailing verbena (I think). in the left picture the plant on the right is a bit of water celery that takes over and crowds most of the basket flowers out. |
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| 1 basket of aromatic
petunias 2 water celery taking off 3iris is blooming 4 another basket of
pansies with the
nummularia taking off- 5 the ivy is coming on-the cyperus is dawdling 6 more celery 7 -the virbena is growing 8 cyperus and celery 9 the blue lobilia is taking over and more celery on the end |
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| 1 petunias are
hanging on 2 water celery expanding 3 iris is doubling 4 ivy and nummularia
growing 5 cyperus getting
some height 6 wimpy taro 7 more cyperus 8 verbena still hanging on 9 celery taking over 10 basket vine is trailing down the back of the fence |
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| close up shots on 9-2-03 - the net is holding many of the vines and the celery up and out of the pond |
| 10-31-2003
the pond is peaking and soon there will be a frost. I drag the cyperus
inside, the vines do well inside also. what I really want is the same setup in my basement so I can hide out from the snow and cold.  |
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