Is there any scent when you crush a leaf. Looks rather like an ailing Nepeta or Teucrium. Are the naked brown stems with what look like seed pods part of the plant or a weed (eg bitter cress) intermingled with it? The leaves don't look juicy enough for Mimulus to me Vetivert.

Algae grows fast in a pond that doesn't have much surface covered with plants. You have a lot of iris--don't buy anymore as they multiply like crazy! Don't know how long your season is but you could probably have at least two hardy lilies in your pond depending on the variety. I have 6 in my pond which is 18ft long by about 7 ft wide and overwintered them in the pond and the sc last year. Deepest point on my pond is about 4 ft and it gets very cold for a very long time here in the winter. They all survived. Have never had much luck with hyacinth or water lettuce and I don't like how the hyacinth goes brown. I would think if you are going to overwinter it you'd need grow lights of some sort. I've had alot of string algae this year too but I just go along the edges and pull it out and about every two weeks put on the hip waders to get the stuff that's wrapped around the lilies. Have had to clean the leaf trap before my pump several times this year due to the increased algae from the hot weather we had last month. Some people use an UV light for algae but I never have but don't have the green soup algae. I look at it as a sign of a healthy pond--algae doesn't grow if there isn't nutrients for it so...If it's driving you crazy use the toilet brush, feed your fish less and get some plants for surface coverage. Good luck. Patti

Gary, after staring at all the pictures in the HL and reading the database description, it says Elegans has a blunt tip. Do you think mine looks like that? It looks a bit elongated to me, like Blue Angel, but I know it’s not because the flowers are very different. debra

Hi, I have basic sunglasses which got lots of wear, and by now the lens keeps falling out. My below pic. is a sample demo. Is there non-toxic glue which can durably repair it? And is there any video demo of such a repair anywhere? Thanks!