Pond Shade - encore

MLF · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 7

My pond is in partial shade. I have tried different plants, some do alright,
some don't.

Can anyone suggest pond plants that do well in less than full sun?

Michael Fermanis fermanis@RICEsprynet.com
New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply)
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jammer · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 56

water lillies, taro, creeping jenny, water celery, primrose, water
hyacinth, azolla, parrot feather.......they are all in my partly sunny
pond and doing real well.

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 07:25:58 -0500, "MLF"
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>My pond is in partial shade. I have tried different plants, some do alright,
>some don't.
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>Can anyone suggest pond plants that do well in less than full sun?
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>Michael Fermanis fermanis@RICEsprynet.com
>New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply)
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Heather · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 11

K30a:

How do lotus and water lily compare in light requirements? I have lily that
does okay in about semi shade. Would like lotus...

Heather

PS thanks for the great lists.

K30a · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 107

Shade tolerant marginals

* acorus graimineus Ogon

* any aquatic grass

* Bowles Golden Sedge

* any clover

* dwarf bamboo

* Flamingo (variegated Water Parsley)

* horsetail rush

* Japanese Ribbon Grass

* Parrot Feather

* Pennywort

* spike rush

* any Taro

* Water Parsley (green)

Flowering shade Tolerant Marginals

* Bog Lily

* Chameleon Plant

* Creeping Buttercup

* creeping jenny

* creeping jenny gold

* Japanese Bog Orchid

* Ligularia 'Othello'

* Lobelia- Cardinal Flower

* Marsh Marigold

* mazus reptans

* Primula (Candleabra) japonica

* Spider Lily

(compiled by Patrica Sample)
k30a

K30a · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 107

Sigh Heather.........................
You are talking to a lotus killer.
I killed mine with a nasty October freeze. It was in a container on the deck to
get lots of sunshine.
I do know they like to be fed a lot and they like lots of sunshine.
Nedra has good luck with them!
k30a

Nedra · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 83

Ahh ... my most favorite flower ... the Lotus! Kathy
you are right - I do have good luck with the plant.
I suppose that having enough light is key. I flood
the lotus pond with fish pond water. The first summer
I had 4 lotuses in whiskey barrels and fed them with water
from the fish pond. I think I also fertilized them with the
fertilizer tabs. The lotus pond gets fed once in the spring ...
then it is nothing but fish pond water.
I live south of St. Louis Missouri -
so there is heat and humidity!

You can see my lotus pond in the website below.

Nedra
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"K30a" wrote in message@mb-m20.aol.com...
> Sigh Heather.........................
> You are talking to a lotus killer.
> I killed mine with a nasty October freeze. It was in a container on the
deck to
> get lots of sunshine.
> I do know they like to be fed a lot and they like lots of sunshine.
> Nedra has good luck with them!
> k30a
>