Bog Gardening Anyone?

[Kale]

I was curious to see what others have to say about these subjects,was surprised to see no threads here so here is my* post.

I have bog gardened and rain gardened along with pond gardening, I find it quite interesting, was wondering which plants do you use in your water gardens.


Kale:)

[backyardgardener]

I had a bog garden in my old house.
http://www.backyardgardener.com/bog.html

Backyard

[LilJani]

I have never heard of it so far but seems pretty interesting.

[Khoas]

[align=left]Swamp plants are interesting group of plants. I been trying find good compaions plants for the carnivorous plants like Venus fly traps and Pitcher Plants.[/align]

[Newt]

Hi Khoas,

If I remember, you live in Australia.* Here's some sites with info on bog plants you should find helpful.
http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/welcome...ens/Bog_Garden

At this site you can click on 'Plants' at the top and get info on many.
http://www.australianwatergardener.c...p?Category=359

You might want to add your location in your profile so it shows like mine does.

Newt

[urbanol'mcnld]

Is this possible in hot, hot oc socal? 9b




eieio

[Newt]

Urbanol'mcnld, isn't Disneyland in Los Angelos? I've been there, both to Disneyland and to visit relatives that live in Los Angelos. I didn't find it as hot and dry as say Phoenix, Az. I'll bet there is a bog garden at Disneyland. I think the major problem would be lack of water during the hottest months and that could become costly. A bog garden in such a location would need shade from the hottest sun of the day and might be better placed in a shady location.

Btw, what is "oc" in reference to socal? I get it that socal would be southern California, but I don't know what "oc" means.

Newt

[urbanol'mcnld]

Orange county......... between Los Angeles and San Diego.

eieio

[Newt]

Oh, I see now. Thanks.

Newt

[thanrose]

I'm zone 9b, Florida and I've seen DisneyWorlds fireworks from home before, too. And I had a bog garden at that home. I grew things like pickerel weed, nuphar, and cattails, and emersed plants like ludwigia, submersed plants like vallisneria. I had sundews for a while, grew violets and other moisture loving plants on the edges of the sunken pond. Anything that needed to be more emersed I would have on upended pots so that only the pot was in the water or whatever requirement it needed.

I encouraged a natural ecosystem with frogs and toads, snails, and mosquito fish. I had to introduce the mosquito fish, though. Other stuff including gammarus and hydra came in on wild collected plants.

It can be a lot of work, especially if it's not a naturally occurring water feature. DisneyWorld is built on reclaimed swampland, so there are definitely wetland around it, but my yard was pretty dry without my intervention.