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Discussion in 'Water Gardening' started by wiseowl, Apr 15, 2015.

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  1. roders

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      Water lily, as jiffy mentioned, so nice and easy with quite a few to choose from. I have a small pond , with frogs, loads of newts ,tadpoles and other creatures. 8 ft x 10ft x 30" roughly, any big plants would quickly take over. I chose 2 Lilies with 1 meter, or thereabouts, spread the one is creamy yellow with strong yellow center the other off white with yellow center...going from memory. These are now just breaking the surface for this years display. The frogs , newts and snails use them to sit on or hide under.
      wiseowl ... try not to fall in :)
       
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        I bought mine from the Kent Garden Show in 2013 ... but, I'll keep my eye out for some locally
         
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          Good morning @hans my apologies my friend I forgot to mention that I have a Water Lilly which @pete e gave me its name is "Attraction";)

          @"M" that is so kind of you my friend and greatly appreciated:ThankYou:

          @roders How could you its plastic ,you are naughty but I like you:heehee:

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            @wiseowl ...how many were you thinking of?
             
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              Good evening @Lolimac I thought about 2 plants I have phoned up 7 local Aquatic centres but to no avail,but I shall track some down eventually:smile:
               
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              Well look no further @wiseowl :thumbsup: 2 will be winging their way to you beginning of next week:dancy:...I ordered some day before yesterday,(your fault:biggrin:)they said delivery next week but they came this afternoon.. and I was being greedy getting 10:rolleyespink::heehee:...

              Sorted:dbgrtmb:
               
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                Good evening @Lolimac that's very kind and friendly gesture my friend it is very much appreciated as is your friendship:ThankYou:
                 
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                  Good morning Loli my friend I went to my local Aquatic centre this morning and guess what they had Water Hyacinth there ,£2 .98 each or 4 for £10 so I got 4 ,if you like I could send some to you,just let me know and they will be on their way ;):blue thumb: thank you for your lovely offer it was very kind of you,have a lovely weekend:smile:

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                    @wiseowl - be prepared to bring them indoors if a frost is expected. They don't like the cold.
                    Glad you managed to find some :dbgrtmb:

                    PS: Hope you don't regret getting four ... with your size pond I would think one would have been enough. Pop any excess in your compost bin when you can no longer see any water ;)
                     
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                      Good evening @"M" my friend, its OK I put 2 in the large pond and 1 in the small pond and 1 in a half barrel;)

                      Like Frank Sinatra sang "Regrets, I've had a few; But then again, too few to mention.:heehee:
                       
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