Can't Have a Pond so I'll Have a Bucket :)

For the first time ever I've got a Frogbit flowering and what a lovely little dainty flower it is

The photos a little blurred as I've only just taken them in failing light, I'll try and get a better one tomorrow, but I just had to share

 

Sorry to be a bit repetitive , more Frogbit flowers, clearer photos this time

 

they are lovely wee flowers aren't they? they look paper thin. I've now got water milfoil, water soldiers nymphodies pentata(??) in my barrel, along with 13 snails and my (still non flowering) pygmy water lily so its coming together, maybe I should get something like your frogbit too. can I ask what the wee green stuff is that's floating on the surface? thanks

 

Hi Dixy, the little green stuff is just common or garden duckweed, it wasn't put in there it just appeared as it often does when you introduce other plants. It can be quite invasive, but easily controlled in a small body of water

 

My bucket today - well I can no longer see any water, everything is romping away and thriving, the frogbit are flowering, the water lily is still flowering - the 6th flower bud has just popped up, the milfoil has spread without being invasive, all in all I'm still very happy, ultimately some thinning is going to become necessary but for now I'm enjoying it

 

That is really pretty now Bilbo,
Jenny

 

your bucket looks lovely Bilbo, I hope I can get mine to look half as good! My water lily still hasn't even produced a bud, but just leaves. oh well, maybe next year!

 

You never know Dixy, after 5-6 flowers I thought mine had finished but it has just produced two more flowers As you say though if its producing plenty of healthy leaves it should flower well next year

 

well Bilbo, fingers crossed, I'm desperate to see a water lily in my barrel, I'm out there every morning, scanning it for buds!!! If it even produced one I'd be more than happy!

 

well, Bilbo good news, I had a wee yellow flower open up yesterday, but it died in the evening. Cant remember what the plant is called but I took pics on my phone, so I just have to figure out how to put them on here. Im as happy as wee pig in mud!!!

 

Update....no massive changes, the frogbit is still flowering and the waterlily has just popped up yet another flower, must be in to double figures now - its been amazing this year

Just the odd sign too that the things are slowly starting to die back, the older leaves on the waterlily for example are looking a little tired and starting to 'yellow' a bit

 

Been a while since I updated this thread now I have a wildlife pond, but I've still got it and its looking good at the moment. There's a little too much duckweed but that's a simple task to scoop out, there are 3 water lily buds already and the milfoil is doing well

 

That will be stunning when the lily bud opens Bilbo; hope you can show us when it does ..
Jenny

 

Looks ruddy brilliant, I'm going to try doing the same this year. Could you use a terracotta pot?