Author Topic: How does your waterfall look late in the season.. BlindToo your taro... (Read 2708 times)

tinkster · « **on:** July 23, 2009, 08:22:28 PM »

I know the waterfalls and streams are in there somewhere. This is the first time my waterfall has filled in with the plants like this. I am gonna have to cut them back.

Woudl be anxious to see pictures of other waterfalls/streams planted or to know if any of yall have to cut yours back also.

tink

SueSTx · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2009, 08:35:02 PM »

I have no stream or waterfall

Yours looks

mascot · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2009, 09:34:31 PM »

I'll have to take a picture tomorrow of mine. I put the taros in the rocks and nothing else, then have a catch pond that has some plants and I just cut that back this month...it really needed it.

Remember how small your taros were when I sent them to you? I had six of them left that were that small and now they're about 4 feet tall...so about 2.5 feet in a month and a half! I'll try to remember and post them tomorrow.

I had watercress in the waterfall years ago, but the roots from it changed everything and I had water running out onto the ground, so I plant nothing but taros in the falls now.

Just a reminder of what these taros do in a waterfall...the pictures below are dated: Four months of growth between first placing it in the water and the second picture

tranquility · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2009, 10:05:11 PM »

both of your waterfalls are gorgeous...I have soo much algae that builds up on mine-I have to scrub them down every week...there for I don't even try to grow plants on it anymore....
Lawanna

Jonna · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2009, 11:31:48 PM »

Wow! Tink that is gorgeous.

frogman3 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2009, 05:38:24 AM »

Beautiful Tink, just the right blend of colors and shapes to make a picture perfect shot.

mcp · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2009, 06:00:03 AM »

Tink,
Your waterfall is absolutely beautiful. Love the impatients and taro. Gives me an idea for next year.

What did you do different with ipatients this year to make them grow so well?

finnpond · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2009, 10:53:07 AM »

Tinkster... Your pond has really turned into a beautiful place!!!!!

Here is my waterfall... Can hardly see the water because of the hosta and impatiens...

and my crick... They don't just pronounce it that way in Indiana Bullfrog!!! If you were born and raised
in the Okanogan in Eastern Washington it's crick not creeeeek....

Take care everyone... Dave

Pa Nancy · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2009, 11:14:34 AM »

Beautiful waterfalls all of them. Wished my plants would grow like that. They just die. :'(

If you were born and raised
in the Okanogan in Eastern Washington it's crick not creeeeek....

That's the way we say it here in western Pa. too. I thought we were the only ones that said that.

PondmaninAL · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2009, 06:00:27 PM »

Tink, is the Red-stem taro? Michelle sent me a small taro and the leaves aren't turning purple like my Black Magic but they have red stems. I'm wondering if that is what it is. I have Black Magic taro in my plant filter.

mascot · « **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2009, 06:57:08 PM »

No, it's violet stem taro, I sent a couple to Tink and also to Michelle. The one's in Tinks pond are from runners that came off of the one in my pictures above. I bought that one plant for 9 bucks 4 years ago and have thrown away about 30 and have given away about 20...all from that one plant. It goes dormant in the winter out here, but it shoots out new stems and runners first sign of warmer weather.

Karla · « **Reply #11 on:** July 25, 2009, 09:55:19 AM »

Finnpond, what is that bigger purple shrub-like plant in the last picture?? That is really pretty! Your pond is amazing and beautiful, but that really caught my eye!

Karla

finnpond · « **Reply #12 on:** July 25, 2009, 12:23:04 PM »

Karla... That is a purple barberry... There is actually a smaller one in the first picture in the left background... Very forgiving plant, doesn't need much care/water/good soil etc... There are yellow ones also... Can't remember the name of the purple one... It does lose its leaves in the winter, but has kind of a neat structure anyway... It is early to leaf out in the spring...

Thanks for the compliments... Dave

tinkster · « **Reply #13 on:** July 25, 2009, 07:09:44 PM »

Finn your pond is probably the one I tried to copy the most from when doing mine hehehe. There were a few that really gave me the ideas how I wanted mine to look and I am getting there.

tink

Indiana Karen · « **Reply #14 on:** July 26, 2009, 08:10:01 AM »

Oh my gosh Tink, that's drop-dead gorgeous. That pic needs to be entered in a contest somewhere. Also, frame it and enjoy it this winter when everything outside is toast.

Karen

maryvonne · « **Reply #15 on:** July 26, 2009, 11:45:42 AM »

Your streams and waterfall are just gorgeous. Mine are mostly just green with string algae. I need to get in there and do some cleaning.

Maryvonne

landey1230 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 26, 2009, 07:10:47 PM »

Lots of my plant toasted around my pond. Bird of paradise, taro, and some other tropical plant are all doomed. I need to take pics. Looking great, as always, Tink.

mcp · « **Reply #17 on:** July 26, 2009, 10:02:10 PM »

Here are a couple pictures of mine. Don't mind all the string algae to lazy to clean.
Tink I have always admired Finns pond also. Great thread hope to see more WF.

Pa Nancy · « **Reply #18 on:** July 26, 2009, 10:56:18 PM »

WOW! mcp You sure don't have any problem growing plants there in Mckean county.

All my plants do is die.

My waterfall doesn't have any plants for that reason, and right now is covered in string algae. Now THAT I can grow.

LynneNY · « **Reply #19 on:** July 27, 2009, 08:34:29 AM »

Beautiful waterfalls everyone!

This is our second summer with the pond, so the plants are still filling in the waterfall hills.

This was taken on 7-11-09

7-25-09

mascot · « **Reply #20 on:** July 27, 2009, 09:27:22 AM »

That looks great, Lynn....all of them do....except mine....mine is lame and only there to feed the water, I wish I did it different but oh well...it's a lot to redo so I'll just leave it as is.

Vickie · « **Reply #21 on:** July 31, 2009, 06:03:18 PM »

What Waterfall

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #22 on:** July 31, 2009, 06:28:08 PM »

Beautiful waterfalls! I wish I had more yard and less neighbors.

Some have said that hearing the little water I have going into the ponds make them want to pee.

Not my prob....