Showing posts with label yellow flag iris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yellow flag iris. Show all posts

Sunday, 5 June 2016

Blooming - 5/06/2016


The Yellow Flag Irises have flowered
 and the pond plants are thriving.


The Winter Mint plant has
done very well this summer
and I've had to cut it back a bit
to stop it taking over completely.


The pond looks much more established now.

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Still No Frogspawn - 12/04/2016


No signs of any frogs so far,
and the chances of frogspawn
now looking very slim. 

There's been more rain here and so
the lawn remains somewhat soggy.


However, the grass seed I put
down as now started to grow:


It looks like the birds
didn't eat it all after all!


The Bug Hotel still open for business:


The feeding stations on the
Acer tree are being well used:


In particular, I've lost count of how
many times I've had to refill the
Sunflower Hearts feeding station:


The Goldfinches are 
never away from it now.

On one occasion I counted
seven of them on the Acer tree. 

We added another station too:


This one is closer to the house
 and gives us an even better
view of the Goldfinches
from the kitchen window.


For the first time too,
we had Long Tailed Tits visit.

I think they were looking
for somewhere to nest.


All the rain we've had means
the ponds are well topped up.


I wonder if any frogs
are hiding in Frogitat:



The Monkey Bird Bath
looks more like a Bird Toilet!


The pond plants are doing okay:


Lots of new growth to be seen:


The Yellow Flag Iris have
started to grow again:

Friday, 3 April 2015

Pond Activity - 03/4/2015


Having had proof that the frogspawn
is developing, I have to wait patiently
for the tadpoles to emerge.

I just hope and pray that 
the snails don't eat it all first.


I feel like getting rid of the snails, 
but that would be interfering with nature.


As you can see, they're
really getting to work on it.


I'm thinking of getting some new pond plants
 but I haven't decided what to get yet.


Whatever plants I do decide to get,
they'll definitely be native ones.


The pond water is murky at the moment.


The water will soon clear.


The black dragon plants we added
last year are doing okay and appear
to have grown a little.


The Armeria maritima
plants are doing well too.


The Yellow Flag Iris multiplied
 in the smaller wildlife pond.


Soon the Yellow Flags
will dwarf this little pond.

Friday, 16 May 2014

Today's Photo - 16/5/2014


The Yellow Flag Iris flowered today.

Saturday, 8 June 2013

Pond Project #1 - 08/6/2013


As you can see the Yellow Flag Iris flowered.


Quite pretty really.

Monday, 3 June 2013

Pond Project #1 - 03/6/2013

The Yellow Flag Iris I put into the small pond 
back in May last year is finally about to flower.
 

I can't help feeling that this plant 
is too big for this little pond now.

I may move it to the 
bigger pond in August or September.