It’s coming along well. Hopefully we’ll see our first lily in a few weeks. Fingers crossed.
This year I have 3 plants in it, the lily, the dwarf papyrus, and the latest addition the blue moneywort. The blue moneywort is a perennial that can be found in bogs. The tiny blue flowers are profuse and bloom most of the time. Was $3.99 at our local nursery (Bluemont in case any locals are interested).
It likes full to part sun. The only catch is, it shouldn’t be fully submerged. So I had to rely on a pot in a pot resting on rocks mechanism to give it the required height.
So far so good. It is even putting out new roots where ever the creepers touch the water.
I think if it keeps spreading like this I’m gonna try growing it in water indoors. At least that way I won’t have to buy a new plant next year.
Anyways I’m really happy how full both the dwarf papyrus and the water lily have become in just 3 weeks. If all goes according to plan we’ll buy the fish to go in there this weekend.
Any luck setting up your water garden this season? I know a lot of you had planned to last year. 🙂
PS: You can find the detailed tutorial of how to set up a water garden here. You can see this year’s blooms here.
Chechi, you pictures are very nice. Can you please tell me what camera do you use? Thank You!
LOL! I’m such a novice when it comes to photography even after a yr of owning the Nikon D3100. Just don’t have the patience to sit down and read manuals or instructions on how to shoot manual. So all the pics are still shot in auto focus. Hope that helps.
Vidya
Thank You so much!