Sarracenia is a good idea, we have them right on the edge of the pond in a big block of peat, nothing else, and they are doing very well, and don't seem to be spreading very much. I'd love Siberian iris, we've tried a few times, but the freezing and the wet doesn't seem to agree with them, I'm going to try again next season on a raised bed that has a bit of distance to the water. We had lady-slipper orchids that did well for many years, but recently the water voles ate them. /Neil Message: 4 Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 03:25:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Robert Lauf <boblauf@att.net> To: Laura Grant via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Pond-side planting suggestions Message-ID: <57603790.1746179.1606361131846@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I'm also in Zone 7 (E Tennessee) and I concur with the recommendation of Sarracenia for permanently boggy areas.? Mine are completely hardy year-round with the pots set on pavers in a shallow pond so that about the bottom inch of the pot is constantly in the water.? When the big ones (S. leucophylla and S. flava) put up their fall pitchers, they get more compliments from visitors than anything else in the yard. If you already have cattails, I would hardly think anything else would seem invasive by comparison.? I tried every form of them - dwarf, variegated, "graceful", etc. and every one would be out of the pot and taking over within a few years.? Ditto for pickerel weed and a lot of other marginals.? Only Sarracenias really stay put in this particular situation.? I pot them in pure ground peat with a gravel top layer. For seasonally varying water levels, you might try Siberian iris.? They can grow wet or completely dry, and the clump will slowly expand but they don't run and therefore aren't invasive. Bob ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> ------------------------------ End of pbs Digest, Vol 45, Issue 26 *********************************** This email message (including its attachments) is confidential and may contain privileged information and is intended solely for the use of the individual and/or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail you may not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail (including its attachments), or any part thereof. If this e-mail is received in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and make sure that this e-mail (including its attachments), and all copies thereof, are immediately deleted from your system. Please further note that when you communicate with us via email or visit our website we process your personal data. See our privacy policy for more information about how we process it: https://www.volvogroup.com/en-en/privacy.html _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>