One thing to remember when planting in pockets -- they look fantastic and natural, but there are some plants that are very invasive. Some species of cattails, for example, can quickly get out of hand. A pot helps to contain them. I tucked some parrots feather into a pocket in my stream last summer, and had to pull it all out this spring because it had traveled along the streambed, almost completely choking off the flow of water. Be prepared to prune the invasive varieties, and you should be fine.

Here's what I have, all bare roots: Mint (2 types), morning glory, some ivy, impatiens, a marigold, a small yellow daisy type flower that came in a basket arrangement, another yellow flower just added some wondering jew. Tried a geranium(water may ahve been too hight over crown)didn't make it. I had a few others that died, again, not sure, but the water may also been too high over the crown and/or too much root damage prior to planting. Also a good "rule of thumb" is to remove about 1/3 of the foliage when transplanting to compensate for root stress/damage. Also interested in knowing what other plants have been successfull in ponds, especially, bare roots. Jim

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I have some lizard tail to trade. I am interested in some lilac starts. Kingfish