Showing posts with label ophiopogon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ophiopogon. Show all posts

Thursday, 30 April 2015

Tadpole Update - 30/4/2015


This afternoon I spent a good hour just watching the tadpoles swimming around in the pond.  Not so long ago I was worried that perhaps the newts might be scoffing them all up but I can report that there is still an abundance of tadpoles despite their recent disappearance.


As usual the tadpoles are doing a great
job in helping clear up the pond water.


The little armeira maritma plants that I planted in
the stone border around the pond are doing well.


The ophiopogon plants are doing good too.








I could spend hours next to the pond.

Sunday, 4 May 2014

Pond Border Plants - 04/5/2014


Originally the plan was to have several Heathers growing in the pebble border around this pond. Sadly the Heathers died within weeks of planting so today we finally got round to adding some ornamental grasses and flowering plants instead. Hopefully these will become bushy over time and break up the border as was originally intended.

Armeria maritima
'Alba'

Digging a hole for the first flowering plant

Armeria maritima
'Alba'

Armeria maritima
 'Alba'

Digging a hole for the second flowering plant

Carex comans
'Frosted Curls'

Ophiopogon
'Black Dragon'

Ophiopogon
'Black Dragon'

Ophiopogon
'Black Dragon'

Mentha aquatica
'Water Mint'

Mentha aquatica
'Water Mint'

The view across the pond

A pigeon watching over the work below

The finished result