cana in the pond experiment

Lori, did you know that there are water canna? I have had one in my pond for about 7 years now. It blooms, but nothing like the canna we know...........they're a few little purple flowers. I'll see if I have a pic but I doubt it. The leaves are nice but nothing fancy.
The pink astilbe is gorgeous !

Hi Di..Yes I knew about the water cana...what I have is a dwarf var but typically I've misplaced the growers tag...should keep a diary, I know but...It has a red flower and grows to about 5 to 6 feet tall...had a tiny piece of the rhizome that I missed when planting so placed it in a niche and hoped for the best... As for the astilbe I had planted it in a shadier spot but the soil needed more work...so when I moved it into sun near the pond it was much happier...As flcrazy says...eventually you get lucky!lol. also I was trying to improve the water quality by putting in a feeder that would help with nitrites.

Hi Marguerite...this is my pond of last season...I had a disaster over the winter and decided to tweak it a little...ended up changing it altogether...lol. so the bridge will be put into service elsewhere....thinking of putting in a dry river bed...just for some variety of topography and will use the bridge for interest there.