Author Topic: Lily pond doing great (Read 2780 times)

marla · « **on:** August 23, 2008, 11:18:44 AM »

The lily pond is doing great this year, added the goldfish to keep the snail population down, but I'm sure I'll have to be giving away babies next year. Added a few new lilies this year and next year will add more I'm addicted and everyone here has made me more addicted and it is so nice to be able to trade or buy lilies from the great members on this site. The yard did not look the best for our pond show but the ponds preformed well......added a special something I saw on this site to the pond for the show (last picture) got the idea here it was a hit THANKS.

fast becoming a favorite my new Mangkala Ubol

Unknown White and one of many resident frogs

Pink Grapefruit

Holliandia

Almost Black

Chromatella and frog

Dallas

Colorado

Unknown yellow

Attraction

marla · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2008, 11:28:23 AM »

And the tropicals....

Marian Strawn a great bloomer

Evelyn Randig

Pink Pearl

Albert Greenberg

Leopardess

Two of my favorite flowers Tae and Jett

something new added just for the pond show

tranquility · « **Reply #2 on:** August 23, 2008, 12:09:05 PM »

beautiful flowers.. your two helpers are adorable..LOVE the last pic

Lawanna

lorraine1960 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 23, 2008, 12:39:57 PM »

WOW

the 1st pic looks like u can eat it.

and i love the skull.................tooooo funny.......next year i'm making a lily pond...just lily's..............BEAUTIFUL....... cute boys ..............

lorraine

greenthumbnails · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2008, 01:18:06 PM »

Really nice photography Marla!

Jonna · « **Reply #5 on:** August 23, 2008, 01:41:41 PM »

Wonderful lilies and pictures. I love Albert Greenberg. Really cute kids too.

SueSTx · « **Reply #6 on:** August 23, 2008, 02:10:00 PM »

The Pink Pearl is such a delicate thing...but the Tae and Jett ones are such cuties

Love your pond.

Gardener...

...are we suppose to have one of those?

small fish · « **Reply #7 on:** August 23, 2008, 07:33:26 PM »

Love the lilies and the pond.... glad your lilies are doing so well

Myra

bunny56lbc · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2008, 07:52:08 PM »

You're lilies are just BEAUTIFUL ! Nice pictures

You're helpers are cute too !

bonnie

KatFish · « **Reply #9 on:** August 25, 2008, 07:38:19 AM »

Very nice. I like your sign. It reminded me of a tomsbstone I saw near a pond which read 'the first guy who peed in my pond'. I thought to myself... the first??

marla · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2008, 07:29:55 PM »

Thanks all for the comments.....still a work in progress, have lots on my wish list yet, but that's the fun of ponding!

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2008, 05:01:57 AM »

Oh the Tae and Jett grow to fast! Pretty soont hey will be taking over!

How sweet they are though.

Is the ALbert Greenburg and the pink pearl tropical? I love them. You pond looks so great, love the rocks and the skull!! It looks really large, how many gallons is it?

Indiana Karen · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2008, 07:15:40 AM »

Absolutely beautiful pictures. Your pond has so many different colors all blooming at once. Looks like you have a lot of happy frogs too. The boys are adorable. I bet they enjoy the pond.

Karen

marla · « **Reply #13 on:** August 28, 2008, 06:09:52 PM »

Karen, yes the boys especially the older one LOVES the pond, first place he goes when he gets here, as a matter of fact his first word was "fish" Hunts frogs and tryies to catch them.

Quote from: perplexed ponder on August 28, 2008, 05:01:57 AM

Oh the Tae and Jett grow to fast! Pretty soont hey will be taking over! How sweet they are though.

Is the ALbert Greenburg and the pink pearl tropical? I love them. You pond looks so great, love the rocks and the skull!! It looks really large, how many gallons is it?

Kathy, yes Albert Greenberg and Pink Pearl are both tropicals. Pink Pearl is new this year, it is such a pale pink it's refreshing from the bright colors of the other tropicals. Albert Greenberg is one of my favorite tropicals, the variation of color in the petels is beautiful. Not sure of the exact gallons, the pond is about 13'x18' with about a 10' channel that the bridge is over, it varies in bottom depth from about 12" to 3' in the center it also has marginal shelfs, probably over 2000gal

EagleEye · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2008, 05:22:06 AM »

Marla,

Your photos are fantastic

, and the lilies and pond are awesome. WOW

My pond was just there this year. Not many blooms, but the fish are happy outside.
Could the unknown yellow be Joey Tomacek?

Steve

marla · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2008, 03:57:53 PM »

Thanks Steve....not sure do you have Joey...I belive this is the one I got from you was supose to be pink, but turned out yellow, it is a really nice size bloom, larger then Chromatella. If you don't have a yellow, then I got them mixed up cause I have an unknown pink also, that is very pretty.

Kat · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2008, 06:54:07 PM »

Terrific pond, cute kids, & love the overview showing so many blooms all at one time.

marla · « **Reply #17 on:** August 30, 2008, 11:33:51 PM »

Thanks Kat, It's been fun this year, lots of new lilies, can't seem to get a pic. of the whole pond so you can see all but half of the pond works, to bad the colors didn't show up very true. Thanks again for the MU, it's a show stopper.

mcp · « **Reply #18 on:** August 31, 2008, 08:18:11 AM »

Marla, Absolutely beautiful pictures.

Love the one with frog and also one of skull. Getting ready for Halloween? Thanks for sharing.

marla · « **Reply #19 on:** August 31, 2008, 01:42:55 PM »

Quote from: mcp on August 31, 2008, 08:18:11 AM

Marla, Absolutely beautiful pictures. Love the one with frog and also one of skull. Getting ready for Halloween? Thanks for sharing.

The skull I put in for our pond show as the flower gardens were lacking intensity due to the lack of rain we have had. I took out the sign but left the skull, it is the same pond as DH's fake alligator so I thought it fitting.

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #20 on:** September 01, 2008, 05:23:38 AM »

Marla, can you post a picture of the whole pond and falls?

Julles · « **Reply #21 on:** September 01, 2008, 04:32:25 PM »

I'd like to see that, too. But please put it in a new thread, so I will be sure to see it.

marla · « **Reply #22 on:** September 02, 2008, 08:51:56 PM »

Quote from: perplexed ponder on September 01, 2008, 05:23:38 AM

Marla, can you post a picture of the whole pond and falls?

Quote from: Julles on September 01, 2008, 04:32:25 PM

I'd like to see that, too. But please put it in a new thread, so I will be sure to see it.

Ok you asked and I complied with your wishes, not the prettiest pictures as we are in a bit of a drought right now, I tried to find some pictures of the ponds in full from earlier this year but couldn't so you get the drought pictures. They are posted on the Photo album page http://www.americanponders.com/forum/index.php?topic=7163.0

Bonnie · « **Reply #23 on:** September 03, 2008, 09:50:20 AM »

Hi Marla, Wow your collection is really growing!

Everything looks just beautiful, all the hard work really shows... hope that you have been able to sit back, relax and enjoy.

You're having a drought this year too? This year has been bad here again, no significant rainfall for some time now and the trees are showing it already.

btw, did you get the tropicals from TWL this year because I believe they weren't the best last year.

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #24 on:** September 03, 2008, 04:00:37 PM »

WOW MARLA! I just looked at your pics, and your pond is awesome!n I really like the placement of plants. Don't care about the dry grass. We just got our first rain in over a month.

Ours also was shovel by shovel. Do you know how much money you saved by not having to BUY rock?!