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Did you grow these from seed, @secuono?
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@secuono Enjoyed looking thru your pond pics. Beautiful fish. Isn’t is faunny how we get attached to our fish. I’ve named mine . Yours are beautiful. I have a small pond for many years. Decided to let it go without the bio filter running ever since the 4th pump gave up. It’s a huge hassle putting a new one in as time has caught up with me.
I have a seperate water feature just for water lilies, they don’t like moving water from the waterfall in the fish pond. Hardy lilies last for years they multiply slowly. Never a mess or fuss. Easy care. Unlike the pond with waterfall can be a hassle at times. But this year the 50 gallon tub positioned in ground surrounded by rocks established a leak so have to let it go. Fixing it pulling it up and replacing it and lifting the lilies out is just a bit much. Who knows, the lily pond could surprise us and start something new on it’s own. It’s a wait and see project in progress.
I have a seperate water feature just for water lilies, they don’t like moving water from the waterfall in the fish pond. Hardy lilies last for years they multiply slowly. Never a mess or fuss. Easy care. Unlike the pond with waterfall can be a hassle at times. But this year the 50 gallon tub positioned in ground surrounded by rocks established a leak so have to let it go. Fixing it pulling it up and replacing it and lifting the lilies out is just a bit much. Who knows, the lily pond could surprise us and start something new on it’s own. It’s a wait and see project in progress.
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No. They were tiny 3 strand plants shipped by mail.
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Be careful with mini papaya they can reseed everywhere. They are an elegant cool plant . I learned to cut them off before they set seed.
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Some do have names, the originals mostly.
Diamond Glitters, mom of many. Mr cheetos. Mr emerald. Mr Banana. Mr Firecraker.
Later 3. One is Ghost, a solid black koi.
Even later and later. Rudolf. Had a red nose. Sharkie, looks like a great white shark.
I'll have to look up some others.
That was from 2015. Those plants are long gone. And I'm in Va, they'd die in winter.
I got rid of most of the tropical plants a few years ago.
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Ok I see good they are out the door. Here the plant doesn’t over winter the seeds spread everywhere. I have learned about a few other plants that reseed and I sent them all packing. Nuffs a-nuff. 
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Ok I see good they are out the door. Here the plant doesn’t over winter the seeds spread everywhere. I have learned about a few other plants that reseed and I sent them all packing. Nuffs a-nuff.
I wish I could get the yellow iris seeds to sprout! Tried for several years, many different methods and even the ones that drop on the ground or in the pond never sprouted. =/
Mint is the only one I worry about now. Lol. It escaped the old pond...
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Yellow iris omg they take over. Every couple of years I have to lift them up and out and seperate them down to a few. The leaves are variegated.
Not sure which type yellow iris you’re referring to . See pic.
Not sure which type yellow iris you’re referring to . See pic.
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The common invasive yellow flag iris.
I have a 20×30 foot pond to fill. So, I need as much plant as I can get!
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