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Post by Tringa on May 9, 2018 11:49:01 GMT
We have had water soldiers in the pond for years. In most years some appear from the depths in late spring. The conditions must have been just right this year because they really flourished. Does anyone else have water plants that are doing particularly well this year. Sorry for the poor photo - taken on the phone and the light was very harsh. Dave  |
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Post by alexis on May 9, 2018 16:14:27 GMT
The water soldiers in our 3 year old wildlife pond are really flourishing too this year, lots of daughter plants surfaced with the parents recently. In fact I will have to thin some out I'm afraid as they're crowding out the lily pads that are also surfacing
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Post by rowanberry on May 10, 2018 21:09:07 GMT
Our pond is in shadow all winter, and is only now getting proper sunlight on it. The water soldiers are starting to come up, but haven't made it to the surface quite yet. The starwort is becoming worse than duckweed! I've had to thin it out twice already, (I've tried taking it out completely, but it is persistent stuff... one little strand left, and it's off and running again.
The water forget-me-not is doing really well, though... bigger than it's been in previous years. I'll get a photo of it tomorrow.
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Post by rowanberry on May 15, 2018 19:47:15 GMT
Here it is... it hasn't flowered yet, but it's growing very tall!
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Post by Tringa on May 16, 2018 6:58:16 GMT
Interesting that your water soldiers have also flourished this year, Alexis.
When we had water forget-me-not in the pond it almost took over.
Dave
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Post by rowanberry on Jun 12, 2018 19:53:01 GMT
The fringed water lily is doing well- some years it's really struggled, and the leaves have been yellow-ish and straggly. So far it's looking good, but the water soldiers are still semi-submerged, and there isn't so many of them.
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