Wot Do I Have to Do Now with my Pond Plants??

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    Might Sound Stupid But Truthley I Dont Know Wot to Do!

    My Pond Plants Have Turned Yellow Is this Just Natural?? Time of Year??

    Q. Do I Leave Them till Next Year and Not touch Them??

    Or Do I Take the out?? Pluck them off by the Root??

    Sorry if this Sounds a Silly Question I Have Never had or Kept Pond Plants Before

    IF I Dont Ask These Stupid Questions I Will Stay Stupid ;) Thanks in Advance Nick

    I Will Up Load a Pic of How they Did Look and Tomorrow I Will Take a Pic of How they Look Now
     

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      i will up load pics tomorrow of how it looks now these pics are of them in the summer 011.JPG 012.JPG
       
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        The lily you can leave in the water; it will die back and then resurface next year.
        Same with your iris :)

        No experience of the other plants, so I don't know about those FM.

        You may want to cover your pond at this time of year with a netting to stop the leaves from trees dropping into your pond and putrifying. Pesky leaves can blow in from anywhere at this time of year!

        Nice pond, matey :dbgrtmb:
         
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          :ThankYou: Mum if i can get the pic to up load this was the Pond Before it become a pond :loll:it was a wishing well Sorry I Carnt Do it Now I Am usless with these Computers :doh:

          I Saw the Pic Earlier Here On GC How it used to be That Was the 1st Thing I Made it was a Wishing Well But Took the top off it because it spoild our View and then decided to build the Folly I Belive the Pic is in my user Album :dbgrtmb:
           
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            Hi Nick, they are seem to be fairly hardy marginal plants so providing the whole of the pond doesn't freeze solid they should be okay where they are. You're right it is that time of year when all plants die back at least a little. Just as a matter of interest how deep have you made the pond??.:snork:
             
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              After 2 decades of having ponds, sadly I'm without now... but used to have lots of marginals and lilies and have just left them be. They've always popped up nicely year after year. A few times I have split the lilies when they've taken over a particular spot. As mentioned previously, try to keep leaves out and if you have fish, float something to prevent the surface from completely freezing over.
               
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                . Just as a matter of interest how deep have you made the pond??.:snork:[/quote]

                Hi ARMANDII Its 18" Deep of Water Just been out an Measured it :dbgrtmb: Thank you Mum & Kazzie_SE as Well :wub2:
                 
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                  Hi Nick, sorry for the delay in replying [been a bit busy:heehee:]. My marginal plants are in plastic crates filled with garden soil, covered on the top with gravel, on shelves about 9 inches below the surface, which makes the tops of the crates about 2 inches below the surface depending on the water level. They've been there since '93 without any loss through all the hard Winters, so I reckon yours will be just fine.:thumbsup::snork:
                   
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                    Nice One ARMANDII Same Here They are in Net Crates and gravel exactly the same and around 2" inches under water :dbgrtmb:
                    :ThankYou: Again
                     
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                    I have just cut back the dead foliage FM but i dont know what im doing with all my plants in the pond either,you can get serious brain ache googling all the info! :heehee:
                    My fish pond(prob 2ft deep) has not got shelves big enough for crates like armandii's cos its a plastic one :) and my wild life one(liner) is usually shaded by gunnera so i cant grow much at height in there :dunno:
                    So im thinking i might lose some plants on my shelves like creeping jenny(shallow water margins) if we get a prolonged freeze :cry3:
                     
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