Re: What to with plants over winter??

[George]

"WilsonKKW" > wrote in message
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> what should I do with my pond plants over the winter? I live I live in
> northern Maryland. I have--- lily pads, Iris, Water lettuce,hyacinth,parrot
> feather

If you've built you pond where the depth is below the frost line, you can just
cut off any remaining leaves at the end of the season and place the pot
containing the lilly in the bottom of the pond. Just don't let it freeze. You
may be able to take the iris and place it in the house in a cool, dark place
(like a basement) to keep the bulb from re-sprouting. Next spring just set up
those plants like you had them this year. I am not sure about the others since
I don't have those.

[Benign Vanilla]

"WilsonKKW" > wrote in message
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> what should I do with my pond plants over the winter? I live I live in
> northern Maryland. I have--- lily pads, Iris, Water
lettuce,hyacinth,parrot
> feather

I live in Ellicott City, near Baltimore. For the winter, I sink my lotus,
lily, cattails, pickeral rush, etc. to the bottom of the pond and let them
overwinter there. I have tried to sink WH, but I did not have any succeed
last year. They are fairly cheap as are lettuce, and we have enough Southern
Porgs here, that I can usually get all the WH I need by the time I need it.
My pond is about 40-42 inches deep.

BV.

[Benign Vanilla]

"WilsonKKW" > wrote in message
...
> what should I do with my pond plants over the winter? I live I live in
> northern Maryland. I have--- lily pads, Iris, Water
lettuce,hyacinth,parrot
> feather

Ooops...Forgot the iris. I left mine in the VF. They froze solid. This
spring they were the first plant to return, and have grown like crazy.

BV.

[Stephen M. Henning]

(WilsonKKW) wrote:

> what should I do with my pond plants over the winter? I live I live in
> northern Maryland. I have--- lily pads, Iris, Water lettuce,hyacinth,parrot
> feather

Water lilies over winter in the water if you can get it deep enough that
it won't freeze. If that is not possible, let the pots dry out in a
cool place and keep in a cool, dark, dry place over the winter.

Iris is hardy. It will be OK.

Water lettuce and water hyacinth are tender floaters. They can be kept
indoors as a water plant over the winter. They shouldn't be put back
into the pond until the water temperature is up to 65F.

Parrot's feather is not reliably hardy, so it is best to bring stem
cuttings indoors and overwinter where them indoors.

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[George]

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
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>
> "WilsonKKW" > wrote in message
> ...
>> what should I do with my pond plants over the winter? I live I live in
>> northern Maryland. I have--- lily pads, Iris, Water
> lettuce,hyacinth,parrot
>> feather
>
> Ooops...Forgot the iris. I left mine in the VF. They froze solid. This
> spring they were the first plant to return, and have grown like crazy.
>
> BV.
>

Interesting.

[Benign Vanilla]

"k conover" > wrote in message
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> What's the best way to "sink" it--?
<snip>

Most of my plants are potted, so I just drop the pot into the depths of the
pond.

BV.

[Janet]

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"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
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> "k conover" > wrote in message
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> > What's the best way to "sink" it--?
> <snip>
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> Most of my plants are potted, so I just drop the pot into the depths of
the
> pond.
>
> BV.
>
>

Me too BV. I have everything potted except the WH. I think I am going to
begin looking a a very small used aquarium to keep the tropicals in over the
winter for the house though. Even though everything made it in the house
last winter it didn't do as well as I would have liked. In part due to the
fact that I would often forget to water them enough to keep them continually
moist...
Janet in cloudy, humid Niagara Falls

[Pinkpggy]

We live in Idaho, so we have cold winters with snow. We have always cut our
plants back and placed them on the bottom, and for 2 years they have came back.
We cut the lilies back also. As far as the water lettuce, hyancinth and
parrot feather, you might as well toss them and get new in the spring. We have
a friend that tried to keep hyancith in her garage in a bucket, but it didn't
work. We also put a trough heater in our pond to keep it from freezing
completley over.
Jan
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