Sharing some pond/lily pics! IMG intensive!

Oh, how beautiful! Fabulous pics, Melissa! That Clyde Ikins is just gorgeous. I LOVE lilies with extra petals like that. They're not really "doubles" (or are they?), so should we call them extremely petaliferous? :icon_lol: Your Joey Tomocik is just divine as well. Love those yellows.

I'm a ponderer, too, but haven't had the time to take many pics of mine this year. So far I've only seen blooms from two ~ a peachy-orange one (sort of like your Clyde Ikins, but with fewer petals) and a yellow one. I can't tell you the names as I've misplaced all my name info on my lilies. I do know I have Attraction and tropical Zanzibar, but haven't seen either yet this year. I hope they made it through the winter ~ they have for three years.

And don't you just love the wildlife that a pond draws to your yard? I can do without the snakes (LOL!), but love watching the bugs and hearing the frogs.

Nice pics.
I work at a pond place, this is my favorite time of year!!!
my lone hardy lilly(thanks to tom&becka, i think) is virginalis i think, it blooms every few weeks, even with fertilizer 2x monthly, but it only gets about 4 hours of direct sunlight.

I'm more fond of tropicals and.......L...Lo....LOTUS!!!!

ok, so i'm slightly obsessed with lotus.

your Iris pics are gorgeus!!! looks like that pond is having algae troubles thouhg.


whatch out for those dragonfly nymphs, they have a very sharp point on their tail that is very painful to get stabbed by.

@campcreek.

I bought feeder GF too, but mine have turned into some beutifull fish, i picked out some of the white/red patterned ones, thinking they may change to gold, but they ae now some brilliant red/white sarasa's, and even got one shubunkin form the feeder tank.

I just noticed the link to more of your pics, Melissa. Oof! Didn't notice that before. What GORGEOUS iris! I just love bearded iris ~ so tough and easy to grow, yet beautiful at the same time.

I also really love the rockwork you've done around your pond. Fabulous! Is your pond lined with a rubber liner or cement or ...? Whatever you did that with, nice job. And don't you just love (*NOT*!) spring algae blooms? Luckily, most of the beneficial bacteria have grown back in my ponds now, so I'm past the worst of it.


Aren't those really red ones just stunning, Devin? I have a few of those and even a solid white one. All from feeder goldfish stock (or bait shop stock actually).


Oooh, Lotus!! I've got some seeds I need to dig out and start myself. Devin, did you file through the outside of the hard seed coat? If you don't do that, you'll be waiting forever. I've grown lotus from seed before (the native yellow kind) and after filing the coat, mine sprouted in just a few days.

Thank you again! Yep, I adore my irises, I wish they bloomed all season though, they are such easy keepers too! I planted those guys all last summer, dug them out of a friends yard. I think I may get a few daylilies to go in there for next year, so I have color throughout the summer, or maybe toss in some wildflower seeds...

I will pass along your compliments about the rocks to my dear husband, he is the muscle behind it all, although I am the planner/designer. In other words, I tell him where to put them! :hihi: There are a few rocks he moved in that I don't even know how he got them in his truck! One of them has got to weigh 5-600 lbs, I am so glad I married an ex-football player :icon_smil

The pond is made with 45mil EPDM liner, it gets too cold here for a cement pond to work out, it would have to be drained every year, and with this size, it's not an option for us.

Oh and yes, gotta love spring algae, it means spring is finally here, and for me, my babies are finally visible with the ice all melted! :tongue:

Do you have any pictures of your pond?

Tell Hubby he's a JEWEL!! I'm sure he knows that gardening for us gardeners is better than a shrink for keeping us happy. So he's a smart man to help you.

Daylilies! Yes! Those would look nice. Have you thought of any other perennials for around there? Echinacea I think is hardy where you are and blooms for quite a while ~ mine's still blooming, been at it for a month. The blooms hold for quite a while, too. Salvias are easy to care for perennials and come in a multitude of colors and forms. Or maybe you'd want a bit of tropical-ness back there? Got a greenhouse to overwinter potted bananas, elephant ears and tree ferns? Those would look fabulous next to the pond.



All I have picture-wise are from years past. I need to get some updated pictures.

This is a small section of my largest 1200 or so gallon pond. It's 1/3 of a 5000 gallon water tank from a water truck a neighbor gave us.


This is one of my horse trough ponds.


Here are some of the lotus I started from seed a couple years ago for practice. They were all native lotus (Nelumbo lutea), seeds from dried seed pods from the craft store, and I don't have them any more ~ had to make room for the N. nucifera seeds I'll be starting soon.


This is my largest horse-trough pond in early spring (not many plants woken up yet and algae bloom heaven ~ ugh).


And some water lilies...

Attraction


Sulphurea


Virginalis (not positive on the ID ~ Devin, does it look like yours?)


Zanzibar ~ my only tropical.