I give you … the pond!
Although the pond was officially started and completed on Thursday, it took until Saturday afternoon to get it into a state where I would even want to photograph it. My husband came back from a conference in Paris, and was taken aback, no, shocked, no, horrified by the final size of the thing. From the tip of the waterfall to the end of the stone covering the filter, it is ten feet and now takes up two thirds of the bed it occupies. Also, the waterfall wasn't covered properly, it needed plants, and—maybe a couple fish would be nice.
So we had the obliging Brian back over and he made a few adjustments that, minor as they are, allowed me to get a few more perennials around the edges. We then proceeded to a local nursery specializing in water gardens and bought some interesting water plants (opening up a whole new world of cultivars for me).
After a few hours of planting and rearranging, this is as good as we can get it for now. The sealant between some of the rocks has to mature from yellow to green/brown, the plants need to grow and the ecosystem has to mature, but we're OK with watching this develop (checking every a.m. so see if the fish lived through the night).
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That looks really lovely, even in startup phase. I can almost hear the water running over the rocks -- so soothing (just park your husband next to it for a few hours, and he'll forget about how much of the bed it takes up).
In a courtyard garden setting I'll bet it is perfect. I'm looking forward to hearing more about the plants and fish, and if you notice different kinds of birds and insects visiting too.
We had originally discussed s smaller feature, but I was open to something bigger, so I didn't say anything when they started to make the bigger one. I figured it would work out and it has.
Though--we just removed one of the fish that was biting the others. I am all for Darwin but don't need to have his theories proved in the microcosm of my pond.
There is also a lettucy lime green heuchera. I will never plant a heuchera in the fall again--that's the killer.
I am a bit of a pond fan, and congratulations on yours. I've recently completed my second (having moved house early this year), and have worked on friends' to get them into working order. Somewhat different from yours, however, since I'm in Australia and use only Australian native plants. I hope you'll drop by my blog to see what I've been up to with this and other gardening adventures. And if you want to see a really exciting pond, check out my friends'. Now that's a pond:
http://pool2pond.googlepages.com/home
I am very jealous. But I control it nicely.
Cheers,
Margaret