Great perennial geraniums there Joey. Got a few in my dad's garden. Any advice about looking after them? I have been trying to dead head but there are too many flowers to do this effectively. If I trim the tops of the plants with shears do you think I could get a second flowering?
Yes wait till the first full flush of flowers re over then clip lightly back - the massive blue one is called Rozanne it need not attention it just flowers non stop for months in that photo but it gets very large - in the spring as it sprouts up during emergence for the season get a small garden hand fork,& tease away a couple of plant lets with roots & pot them on - ideally they should be split in half every 4 years & the centre old wood discarded - I am hampered because of my ground cover material - but have propagated many as described - you can find that plant on e bay or web ...It a beauty ....allow space when planting .....
Get the rubbish out & ask anyone in the area if they have oxygenating pond plants - not only will the fish gain by the plants improving the water - they will eat the plant itself - even very small bits of very small cut fresh lettuce can be used as food for the fish - when taking the rubbish out leave on the side of the pond for two hours for the insects to get back in a pond needs a good bottom - the worst thing in a pond is blanket weed get a net & remove it even if you wade in its a sure way for that stuff to make a pond go rancid its stringy slimy green threads vey noticeable, & a weed we called jimmy green teeth it propagates itself like he lime green pin head foliage just remove a bit of it as it is food for the fish & supplies shade for them but it must not cover the whole pond ....
-and then throw a bucket of Roundup over the Willows?
That Canadian pond weed does it look like this - if so its an oxygenator Elodia Densa - if over loaded just thin it out - do not remove it all FGSSurprisingly, despite the neglect, the pond seems to be in good health, as it`s full of fish and insects.
There`s water lilly`s and rushes in there, it`s just that the willows are starting to dry out the shallow edges of the pond and I know that they keep moving towards the centre of the pond and over the years will dry it out.
The predominant weed in there, is Canadian pond weed, which I can clear out with an old rake head on a rope.
I get the rest of the crap that people have thrown in by putting a pair of wellies on and wading in
That Canadian pond weed does it look like this - if so its an oxygenator Elodia Densa - if over loaded just thin it out - do not remove it all FGS
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Just clip the dead bit away & water then liquid feed very resilient plant with a lovely fragrance roots easy from small cuttings too use shap scissors root in humidity in a clear bin liner make a tent - plus there is a double flowing variety too prune the honey suckle back a touch after flowering too
The barley hay is very good but be patient it's a natural pond oxygenating material & will benefit the pond
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