"Dave Doe" wrote in message
. nz...
It's winter time over here in New Zealand. And as such, I believe it's
normal for the plants to die back. Unfortunately, my partner did not
read it that way, and threw (our quite expensive) set of plants out.
The whole lot

Oy! Maybe you can find another pond owner
to "share" some of their excess in the spring.
My husband has been known to weed whack
flowers that he thought were weeds. It's not
an uncommon phenomenon.

Temps have been dropping below zero some nights, but no chance of the
pond freezing - we have 4 goldfish that are growing ok, and showing no
signs of missing the plants.

Should I rush out and get more plants, or will it be ok until
spring/summer?

I like having plants over winter since I don't
feed the goldfish. They can graze on plants.

(I would prefer to wait until then when the plants naturally take off
again - as I have a mate that is quite happy to provide a variety of new
plants from his pond for free.)

Can he spare some now?

Cheers for any advice.

--
Duncan

Howdy from Texas! I've visited your lovely
country twice and would love to go again.

Gail