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| Recycled pots for the new additions |
Today we planted 72 marginals ( Water Iris, Blue pickerel plant, Swamp potato and Lizard's tail ) as well as 20 Spatterdock which are floating plants, similar to waterlilies.
We look forward to their emergence from the water's surface, and even more to their blooms.
These plants are placed in pots containing good ole red Carolina mud ( it is afterall what most pond sides are) and they prefer a basic soil. We have fertilized each pot with Nutricote ( a timed release fertilizer, triggered by temperature rather than moisture like the well known Osmicote) and lime to sweeten the soil.
This was a new experience for all of us - lots of reading necessary to try to do it right.
Some of these plants have been added to the Hutchinson Court pond as part of an ongoing naturalization and mitigation of that body of water.
For the scientists the Latin follows:
NativeWater Iris - Iris virginica
Blue pickerel - Pontaderia cordata
Swamp potato - Sagittaria latifolia
Lizard's tail- Saururus cernuus
Spatterdock - Nuphar lutea
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| The hand off - and into the pond it goes |