Rainy days and Mondays!

[PondmaninAL]

Monday afternoon, we had a good heavy rain here. Just in time for me to get off of work and no umbrella. Once I got to my truck, I had to drive down to a coworkers truck to pick up some plants. She told me about them that morning and I told her that I would get them that afternoon. What she had was a bag full of Sweet Flag. Another coworker/ponding friend was suppose to have a look to see if she wanted any but because of the heavy rain, she went on home. I ended up with the whole bag.

One of the few plants that I've had problems with is Sweet Flag. It looks like my luck might change with it now.

Despite the rain, it was worth the soaked shirt.

Happy ponding,
Scott

[Esther]

Other than the rain, it sounds like it turned out pretty well.

[El Jefe]

I had a similar situation with one of my Wife's co-workers She brought in a big bag of lilies, Spider lilies and bog lilies and asked me to come and get them I went and picked them up but had to do it over lunch so I had to go back to work. Because we were having one of those florida rains I left them in my truck and ran back into the building, 5 hours later in the heat inside my truck they were in pain. Dummy me! I nursed all but one back to health and one even presented me with a huge bloom as a thank you! Can't  wait for Spring to see what they do.

[tinkster]

When your overrun with sweetflag you can send it to me heheh.. I love the stuff. It seems to be doing well here for me so far.  I found a bunch at walmart at the end of the season sold as land plants for 2.00 for big gallon containers of it.  GOod luck with yours!

tinkster

[PondmaninAL]

Thanks Tink. I'm tired of wild taro, you want it?

Happy ponding,
Scott

[Teresa]

I love spider lilies and bog lilies . . . . used to have some lovely ones but somehow lost them.

I can't seem to get sweet flag to grow for me either.  It doesn't make any sense to me because I have had dwarf sweet flag since I put the pond in and never had a bit of trouble with it.  Guess the big stuff is too much like cattails which I also cannot grow . . .

[tranquility]

Just make sure not to put it too deep until it establishes...in fact I have noticed alot of garden shops around here are selling it as a land plant.....so maybe try some in both places....it grows like a weed for me...I keep no more than 1" of water over the rhizome.
Lawanna