Monday 19 December 2011

My first waterlily

Have you noticed that I am obsessed by water features, out of all proportion to the simple one in my front garden? Typically, although I didn't get a great deal done in the garden over the weekend, I did manage to add this beauty to the garden, Nymphaea helvola, a miniature waterlily.  






Here is the previous inhabitant, a Louisiana iris, which flowered beautifully in early Spring, but since then its leaves have yellowed.  I think it needs a good feed, but I don't think that would be so good for the little white cloud fish that live in there. So, I have decided to rest the iris out in the real world for a while and return it before next Spring. Hopefully, once divided and potted into a smaller pot, it will happily cohabit and physically fit in with the waterlily.



Or else I could get another pot to turn into a water feature and have both - I rather fancy the thought of having proper goldfish.


or I could go even bigger, with lots more fish!!!


But I don't really have to think about it till Spring. In the meantime, I am going to enjoy my new addition, and I'm sure the fish will be happy to have the shade and coverage of the lily pads to keep them safe from kingfishers.

5 comments:

  1. Love the new waterlily. It's fantastic. I'll be waiting until next Spring now to see what you decide to do ... my money is on a water feature and a new fish pond.

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  2. Really awesome! Yours look so good! I really have brown thumb with aquatic plants...sigh...

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  3. I miss my water lillies (the koi ate them), so it is lovely to see yours. I really enjoy seeing your climate and what grows well for you. It seems more humid and water-rich (like south Florida) than I think of Australia as possessing--but of course Australia is a big place!

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  4. Your water lily is beautiful. And I love the iris! There is just something mesmerizing about water features.

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  5. It is amazing how much pleasure I get from such a tiny 'pond'. I'm sure my neighbours think I'm mad when I stand gazing into it looking for the fish. It's quite therapeutic, but the surface is above their eye level, so they probably think I am looking at a very low or dead plant.

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