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« on: March 29, 2016, 05:22:51 PM »
I post a lot of lily and lotus pics, but I thought you might like some marginal plants and bog plants. If you have pics of your marginals, you are welcome to post them here as well. Marginals also make our ponds more creative and beautiful, so lets see them! I will start with some popular irises that are easily grown, although the yellow needs to be contained so that it does not take over. Here are the purple Black Gamecock iris and the Yellow Flag iris.

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« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2016, 05:49:26 PM »
My meager addition to the album

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« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2016, 06:17:09 PM »
Good looking iris. Isn't that a Black Gamecock also?

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« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2016, 08:13:06 AM »
I'm not an iris expert.  This was given to me as a Siberian iris, but I can't see much difference from your Black Gamecock.  Searched photos don't help much, either.
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« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2016, 11:10:36 AM »
No problem. It is still a nice iris. :)

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« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2016, 11:18:50 AM »
Today's marginal pics are of some taro. They are not really true bog plants but they do like their feet wet. The first one is the Ruby Eyed Gecko taro. This taro is a lime green with a single red dot in the middle where the stem meets the pad. Thus the name for the taro.
The second one is a Pucker Up taro and it is a dark purple leafed plant that appears to have bubbled leaves.
The third taro ias for those who like variegated plants. It is a dark green and lime green marbled look taro.
All three of these make great additions around your pond edges or in your gardens. Just remember to water them often.  @O@

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Re: Side kicks
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2016, 02:01:18 PM »
I plant taro in my waterfall, they grew exceptionally large last summer.

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« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2016, 08:49:21 PM »
Any pics?  Good idea!

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« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2016, 07:37:08 AM »
No pics, but I've planted them there for the last four or five years. For some reason, they grew bigger last year.

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« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2016, 11:52:22 AM »
Super photos, we enjoy !
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Re: Side kicks
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2016, 06:24:54 PM »
Two more  marginals are Lizard's Tail and Horsetail Reed.
Lizard's Tail grows to about 24 inches tall and is a leafy plant with 1.5 inches by 3 inch green leaves. The bloom consists of numerous tiny white blooms that grow on a hairy spike that is up to about 6 inches long. It is native to about the Eastern half of the US. It is perennial in its growth. New plants come up from the roots.
Horsetail Reed is a hollow reed plant that will grow to about 5 feet tall and is hollow. It has a small seed "cone" at the top, and may grow some additional "branches" from the main stem, but the plant does not have leaves. This is a plant that stays green all year long. It grows from root runners and needs to be contained or it will spread.

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« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2016, 07:12:19 PM »
How about we throw out a whole bunch at a time?
Can you find the Obedient Plant, Cattail, Tiger-eye Sumac, Choral Bells, Taro, Spider Lily, Sea Oats, Zebra Grass, Astilbe, Russian Sage, Day Lily, Hen and Chicks, African Daisy, Blue Fescue, Zinnia, and a Partridge in a pear tree.

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« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2016, 07:19:45 PM »
Spider Lily


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Re: Side kicks
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2016, 07:25:23 PM »
Beautiful pond, and landscaping. I can't see all of the plants, but I see many of them. I love the spider lilies.  Still looking for the partridge in the Pear tree.   ;D
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« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2016, 11:28:43 PM »
now if you guys can come up with a water plant that turtles hate, id be thrilled.
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Re: Side kicks
« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2016, 07:44:31 PM »
Hi:

I'm going to try again to post a reply.  Good topic - some of my favorite side kicks are carnivorous plants.  I have several pitcher plants (Dana's Delight, Rubra, Judith Hindle) and a sundew.  I had a Venus flytrap but I don't see signs of it this year.  This year it looks like I will get flowers from all of the pitcher plants.

I'm going to see if this post works and then post pictures in a separate reply.

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« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2016, 07:53:20 PM »
Trying to post pics...Dana's Delight with buds.

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« Reply #17 on: April 05, 2016, 08:56:05 AM »
Is that a carnivorous plant?





If so, will it eat the pets?

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« Reply #18 on: April 05, 2016, 04:07:46 PM »
like raccoons lol!
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« Reply #19 on: April 05, 2016, 04:34:23 PM »
I was thinking about a certain beagle.

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« Reply #20 on: April 05, 2016, 08:36:24 PM »
Not sure what raccoons and beagles have in common with carnivorous plants, so I will got back to Redberry's post.  {:-P;;
I love the carnivorous plants, and have had Dana's Delight. I enjoy watching it with it's bloom. However, it did not survive for me but I wonder if it got too hot in the gh before I moved it outside. The plants I got last summer lived for a while but did not survive the winter. I am still hoping they will come back.
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Re: Side kicks
« Reply #21 on: April 05, 2016, 09:06:57 PM »
Bob_A
You might be interested in knowing that sundew plants are known to grow in drainage ditches and nature preserves in Markham and Midlothian.  Also, up here in DeKalb County, we can go to the next county to our northeast, McHenry, to visit Volo Bog, where pitcher palnts also thrive.
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« Reply #22 on: April 06, 2016, 07:19:27 AM »
Interesting, my Kid is a Markham cop. Don't know that I'd want to go looking around in drainage ditches there.

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« Reply #23 on: April 06, 2016, 08:35:11 AM »
No, and you wouldn't want to collect them, anyway, unless you want to pay a hefty fine and perhaps go to jail.  They're protected.

Also, my younger brother lives in Harvey in my folks' old house.  He's a retired chemistry teacher who taught at Thornton.  He doesn't much go out at night in his neighborhood.  I can go on Google Earth, put in his address and do a street view, zoom in and see a bullet hole in his garage door.  I dug another slug out of this garage roof that was causing a roof leak.  He's heard the gunshots from 3 different shootings and had to hit the floor one night when automatic gunfire went off in the alley outside his house.  It's become a near-combat zone.  Can't afford to move because he'd get next to nothing for the house and can't afford a big mortgage somewhere else.  However, he has a tall fence around his yard and a beautiful garden.  He's a source of most of my perennials.
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« Reply #24 on: April 06, 2016, 08:55:15 AM »
That's a shame about your brother. My Kid's been on the force for 2 1/2 years, been shot at twice , so far. Works midnight shift. Had some kind of foot chase the other night and broke his hand.

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« Reply #25 on: April 06, 2016, 09:01:19 AM »
I forgot, two of my Kid's buddies from the academy became Harvey cops. One of them has already left for greener pastures. The other is still there, if he hasn't been laid off yet.

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« Reply #26 on: April 07, 2016, 08:08:45 PM »
Being a police officer is dangerous work for sure. Tehy do not get paid enough nor are they respected enough for what they do.
Sorry about your brother's situation. Don.

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Re: Side kicks
« Reply #27 on: April 07, 2016, 08:10:19 PM »
Don, do you have extra carnivorous plants you would be interested in trading for other water plants?

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Re: Side kicks
« Reply #28 on: April 07, 2016, 08:17:04 PM »
Here are a few more pics of a couple of more varieties of plants.  {:-P;; The first is Chowning iris and the second is the Clyde Redmond iris. Both can take about 4 to 6 inches of water over their crown.

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Re: Side kicks
« Reply #29 on: April 07, 2016, 08:21:19 PM »
Matherfish:

I'm not sure how warm your greenhouse is during the winter but they tolerate below freezing temperatures/snow.  I think they need a period of dormancy so they shouldn't be pampered too much.  However, I have put them in  an unheated greenhouse or moved them from the larger tanks to smaller containers to keep them from getting blown over when we get windy weather.  I lost one plant due to rot and I managed to salvage my others ones a couple of years ago.

I do need to divide some of the plants but I want to wait until they are done blooming.  I might be interested in a trade...wish I had more space.

Yesterday I divided the Frankly Scarlet lotus I received from you a couple of years ago.  I could see sprouts all ready. :-)

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