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Monday, August 17, 2009

The pond in August.

A few months ago I started taking pictures of the pond mid-month. It's been fun to see what is blooming in and out of the pond each month. The only thing I wish I could've figured out to do is what to plant in the planter at the top of the pond, right behind the waterfall.

Along the side of the pond the dead looking groundcover is Blue Star Creeper that didn't seem to tolerate all the sun we had. It will probably come back eventually as we get closer to fall. The red plant in the background is a hardy fuchsia.

The red Cardinal (Lobelia) flower has been attracting hummingbirds. I'm glad the raccoons didn't knock it in the other night. The tall plant on the right in the pond is Pickerel Weed, this its the first time I've grown it, and it's had quite a few blooms on it. Around the pond Echinacea, Rudbeckia, Phlox and Agastache.

Another of the long awaited Water lily blooms. I just realized the Koi managed to get in the picture near the bottom. We've started calling it "Big Daddy" since it's by far the largest fish in the pond.

'Sioux' blooms are smaller than when they first started blooming in Spring.

I noticed earlier this summer that there didn't seem to be much going on around the pond because so many flowers were late summer bloomers, now it's looking really nice and should for at least another month or so.
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22 comments:

  1. Hi Catherine, The pond is looking so colorful and full right now. Those water lilies are picture perfect and I see "Big Daddy!" I know the hummingbirds must love this corner of the yard.
    Maybe you could answer this question on a post in the future: during the winter months, do you have anything growing in the front? Do you just cover everything with a heavy layer of mulch? The reason I ask, we have no grass next to the house and in the winter, pansies are all I know to plant for a little color. I just mulch all the dormant plants with mulch and try to make it look as neat as possible. Earlier this Spring, I did buy some evergreen shrubs to help fill in the area.

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  2. Catherine,
    The pond looks beautiful. Just the beautiful lilies alone are enough reason to build one.--Randy

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  3. I think your pond in beautiful and the flowers and plants add another dimension. A pond that looks natural was always one of my goals and while I tried and made many of them, none looked natural. I suppose the most satisfying one of all was a hole dug about 12 inches deep and 2-cement 8x16" patio blocks wide. One high all around and then a cap on the edge of the same. It had a rubber liner on sand. It worked flawlessly and was as modern looking as Danish modern furniture was at that time.

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  4. Your pond is quite the place for a late summer respite! I really like the 'Souix' water lily.

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  5. Your pond garden area gets more beautiful with every mid-month post!! Do you have snakes around it? sigh... On my blog you have to scroll down below the GBBD post to see our project post that I posted today...don't ask me about bloggers issues some days...

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  6. Your pond is looking beautiful! So much color! The Cardinal Flower looks fabulous.

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  7. It is so pretty. I just love water in a garden and wish I had such a lovely pond. Might I suggest some Hakone grass behind the waterfall? It might echo the spill of the water and add a nice splash of color.

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  8. It's looking better than nice Catherine. It looks gorgeous.

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  9. Oh yeah. Your pond is what my pond wants to grow up to be! Lovely, lovely, lovely. I grow my cardinal flower next to the pond but I saw they sold it at the garden centers as a water plant. Looks like it does well that way. Next I'm going to be researching how to overwinter everything (water plants, fish, etc.) so maybe you could post about that??? I'm sure it would be helpful even tho you're a couple zones warmer, right? (I'm in zone 5)

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  10. Catherine, I've never had a pond that large, but I used to have one... and I didn't realize how much I missed it until I looked at your photos. Your whole area is stunning. I love water lilies and the sound of running water. :-) Congratulations on having such a wonderful area to enjoy!

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  11. It looks great! It's hard to believe you're still waiting for it to bloom since it looks so nice right now.

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  12. The pond is looking full of action now! The waterlilies are stunning.

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  13. it is just breathtaking! I would be sitting beside this all day long! You have done a beautiful job!

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  14. Catherine- Your pond looks great! I can't believe what a show it is still putting on. How nice that the heat wave didn't ruin it's beauty!

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  15. Catherine your pond is beautiful! So much happening in it. I didn't know Cardinal Flower was a water plant. I have a purple one that is just about ready to get a picture of. Your Water Lily and Sioux are both gorgeous.

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  16. Hi Catherine. I didn't know you had koi. I have fancy goldfish (and they are struggling with the heat now). Your pond is such a great joy to visit.

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  17. Mildred - That is a good idea, because I'd also love to get some more ideas. I don't have a whole lot of "winter interest" other that a few evergreen shrubs and I usually have pansies and hellebores.

    Tina - Great suggestion on the Hakone grass! I never thought about that, but I do think it would look really nice there.

    Kathleen - Good idea about how to get the pond ready for winter. We're pretty lucky that we don't have to do too much though, our fish and plants get to stay in year round.

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  18. Beautiful! If I did a pond here, I would only have 2 months of non-ice in it. ha

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  19. Catherine I just love your pond and have enjoyed seeing the pictures from it. I wish I had a bigger one because your water lilies are so pretty.

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  20. I love the look of the fuschia--it's striking against the other plants. Very beautiful and serene pond you have.

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  21. Seeing your pond makes me miss the one at our old house. We had pickerel weed. It did well, and the dragonflies loved it.
    Thanks for sharing.

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