Rising from the deep.Water Soldier.

Great photo Bonkers, looks like a octopus : O )

looks very interesting jane/ray, must look this up ;o))

Great photo ,love the tree,s reflections in the pond.....

Spends 9 months on bottom of pond San...then rises from May to July to flower.Only put it in last autumn and looking forward to seeing it rise and flower !
Lol Sixpence..it does !

Thanks Janette...we love the reflections too.......

keep us updated jane as it grows ;o)

Will do...its a floating plant San...cant wait for it to float to the surface !

bet it will look great jane ;o)

Hope so San ! :o)

I shall be waiting and watching too......

Me too Bonkers Might like one of those ourselves....

LOL.. and I was looking for one of those water insects that skim the water , what do you call them water boatmen ? It didn't occur to me that we were looking a plant .. :o))

lol amy,, made me chuckle,,,;o))

Thanks Dd and Milky...

LOL Amy...sorry to confuse you...can just imagine you peering closely at the water looking for an insect...! Lol

I couldn't see one and wondered why everybody else could .. LOL...

LOL !

Wow!! Looks scary, bit like 50,00 leagues!

Never seen one of these.

Lol Tog....does look a bit spooky !
New to us too Clarice...looking forward to it rising and flowering........!

Will look round for some...

Good luck..:o)

Thanks :o)

oh, I love that! Is it easy to get hold of?

Very interesting. Look forward to seeing it in flower.

Michaella...we only found it by accident in one nursery we visited.It is a native water plant.You could google it ?
We too Gee..only bought last autumn and it sank straight to the bottom of the pond.Goodness knows how it survived the winter we had !!

i looked them up and one site who sell them said out of season at moment,,strange,, it sinks to bottom in winter then rises up for summer, clever really and very hardy.

Thanks for the info Sandra..apparently they send off little plantlets similar to spider plants....so if ours does we could send you a "baby" if you like ?

oh yes please ray ;o))

Will do then Sandra....supposed to rise to surface soon...and flower May to July...so will keep you posted ! : o)

cant wait to see the flowers ray, lovely white flowers ;o)

Us too....will post a pic !! :o)

very unusual, will watch for more pics as it flowers.

thanks Usernut...we are loking forward to seeing them too..and the plant rising ! Lol

Marvelous picture Bonkerbon... Looks very Faerie like, in a water nymph way.

Mysterious..certainly.....

The creature from the black lagoon.

Thanks Toto...love you too !

how is it doing now? We used to have one years ago but dont know what happened to it. ah we moved house in feb so wouldnt have found it in the pond. the fish came to the suface and we caught really easily so this plant get left behind.

Its a strange plant Sbg with male and female varieties - only rising to the surface to flower ours was on its way up then the ducks arrived ! They ve churned up the water nibbled flowers off the water hawthorn but if ducklings visit think we can forgive them ..