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Hi there, great thread! I am really interested in exploring this also and in particular, which plants can survive the winter outside. I grow the following in my ponds; Sagittaria subulata, Potamogeton gayi, Myriophyllum ' Red Stem', Vallisneria spiralis and giant Vallis. All have overwintered...

Paolo, you are the IT man, I only have a laptop... I think you need a pond!

Thank you Darrel 😊

Hi all, I was looking at some recent pictures of the pond in the middle of my water garden and remembered this old post from a couple of years ago; At the time, people here were thinking it could be either Fool's Watercress or Lesser Water-parsnip, as both look so similar, eg; Well, as...

Thank you all so much for your kind words! Much appreciated, really. Here is the link to the show on iplayer. My garden is about 37 mins into the episode; www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001n4cy Let's organise a UKAPS visit!

Hi all! Just to let you know, my water garden will feature on BBC Gardeners' World tonight! BBC 2 at 9pm. It will be available on BBC iPlayer after 😀👋👋

Sorry I have been absent for a while but after reading your super-kind message, I felt a quick response would be appropriate. It has been another busy year in the water garden. I built a new path at the back, with new 'water meadow' style planting area in between the new path and the back pond...

Thank you for the kind words Rose. Your tank is looking really good! So nice to see pond plants presented in this different way, so intermingled. I was also wondering whether this is maybe more a temperate tank than a pond tank? By pond tank, are you aiming to capture the essence of a still amd...

Yes! Agree, looking forward to that FTS of the tank in clear water👍🏼. Also really looking forward to seeing your sticklebacks in due course

Really love this. And you have a great selection of plants in there. And SO MANY different types! Almost as many as I have in my ponds😂. Looking forward to seeing this when the water clears up. Have you thought of a 'water lilly' type plant? I can give you some Nymphoides peltata to try out...

Today, I am posting a bit about blanketweed and algae. There is blanket weed in most of my ponds. I have found over the years that blanket weed comes in different forms and stages. Most of the blanket weed I have at the moment is at the stage of where it starts to die off and float (see pic...

Thank you Courtney:):) That is so nice of you to say, and so funny. Thank you Ginkgo!!!

I have giant Vallis (V. Americana) in my ponds all year round and have grown them in tubs outside for many years. They grow long leaves over the summer and in winter become much smaller. They have not really grown since the winter, so like @zozo suggests, it would be good to get a variety of...

Thanks @mort 🙋🏽‍♂️ That's good to hear (aside from the blackbirds!). That sounds realy great! it is so inspiring to look at planting communities in the wild. I did consider Persicaria bisorta and agree with you that it would look great and match existing planting. In the end, I went for...

To bring this blog up to date, in this post I will share a few pics to show how the wetland garden progressed through both the autumn and the winter months. Throughout autumn, Sanguisorba 'Blackthorn' was a great addition to the water garden. Its flowers and seedheads provided interest until...