Here is the pond around mid-summer, some of the plants are starting to take and you can see the water Iris in bloom.

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Here you can see one of the Hyacinth in bloom.
We only started off with 3 plants and buy the end of summer there was over two dozen plants.
You can also see green algee starting to grow on the rocks, some people dont like the look that it gives the rock.
I enjoy it and it also acts as a filter and helps keep the water clean.
You can remove it by simply using your garden hose with a sprayer attachment.

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This photo shows the pond at the peak of summer, everything is in bloom and all the hard work paid off.

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Some of the plants used inside the pond are.

Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Umbrella Palm (Cyperus longus)

Papyrus

Duckweed (Lemma Minor)

Water Lettuce (Pistia Stratiotes)

Water Iris

Anacharis

Water Cannas

Dollar Plant, also known as Water Pennywort (hydrocotyle)

For the outside we used a mixture of both annual and perennials

Here are some of the latest photos of the pond for 2001

I would like to spend a minute and talk about safety.We have two children one is 11 and the other is 3.
When we started building the pond we were worried that our youngest as he got older might fall in the pond.
Children love to play in water and ponds are very easy to reach.
If you have children take the time to teach them that ponds can be dangerous.
We went as far as placing a small fence around ours.
It only cost us 20 bucks at Wally World and it came in green. It's a small price to pay to keep them safe.
Want more on how to keep your pond safe, just drop us a line and we can tell you other ways to secure your pond.

With that said, let me thank you for stopping and taking a look at our site.
I will be adding second year photos soon and updating all the time. So check back with us.