Living also in 8b and 1 mile from the Pacific Ocean, here is my wish list of plants I would grow if I had a pond with year round water: As mentioned by several others, any number of moisture-loving irises, though I would remove the I. pseudacorus to keep it from taking over. Lilium pardalinum—first saw this growing in a gravel bed in a stream, a lovely, huge plant Also try Cardicrinum, which does like a lot of moisture Crinum lilies—look for the hardier selections, which should thrive in moist locations, Crinum x powellii is a good start, there are many more Lobelias—the big perennials, hummingbirds adore them and they are excellent where there is enough moisture, red, blue; L. siphilitica, L. cardinals, etc Monkeyflowers, Erythranthe guttatus is the native yellow-flowered species here along the coast, other species from inland should be tried too. E. lewisii, etc Helenium, sneezeweed, always does better with moisture, flowers late summer, yellows, oranges, coppery browns Caltha palustris—but be sure this is what you have, several times people have shown me their ‘caltha’, which turned out to be Ranunculus ficaria, which can be a thug in the maritime PNW. Erigeron philadelphicus, Philadephia daisy Keep us posted on how your wet meadow and pond edge do! Kathleen Nahcotta, WA _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>