Nessie wrote:Boggy Man wrote:So, I have a long wait before I can finally get my "Little Bog Of Horrors" set up, but it will be worth the wait!
Sounds like you have a lot of work to do on it but it will be very much worth the wait. Wish I had time for stuff like that.
The close-up of the bog bean flower is gorgeous. It looks like little fuzzy stars! I do not think I've seen any of those in my bogs! I will have to keep an eye out to see if any appear. I'm somewhat south of you but still considered a northern area so perhaps some bog beans have drifted into my bogs!
Actually, I made an error. It is called "bog bean" because it's leaves resemble those of "
Broad bean" plants, not "lima bean" plants. They are found in Manitoba as well, so you should be able to find them sooner or later. But, they can really take over a pond, as I had found out. I had to remove piles of it from my previous pond before it overran everything else!
Bog Bean Pond.JPG
The best bog flower I've seen so far are "marsh marigolds". They're big and yellow and they grow right on top of the wet soil. I like water lilies a lot too but they tend to be more in the water.
I have one clump I brought back from Manitoba decades ago, growing in an older bog garden which is now getting overrun with quack grass. Normally, they bloom in the spring, but I guess that in our milder BC climate, it blooms twice a year, once in the spring and once in the autumn. The picture below was taken October 13'th. I have to temporarily relocate it as well as marsh cinquefoils, bog cranberries, ferns and sphagnum peat, until I have a new home for them in my new garden, which will extend over that area.
Marsh Marigold.JPG
In my second smaller, more crowded bog garden, which I had to relocate the plants from, I had my pitcher plants and yellow mimulus or monkey flowers blooming:
Pitcher Plants and Monkey Flowers.jpg
I have seen many bog flowers that are quite attractive:
Sickletop Lousewort.jpg
Ladys Tresses Orchid.jpg
And there are many others, such as yellow skunk cabbage with its large yellow spathes, but I used up the 5 picture limit in this reply. So, here is a photo I found on the net:
If you get your Little Bog Of Horrors going and it catches some meat...um...I hope you get a photo of it! Only I might want to look after I've already eaten supper!
Nessie
During the growing season, my pitcher plants from time to time have buzzing sounds coming from inside their pitchers, and my venus flytraps have been constantly snapping shut on various prey, such as Daddy Longlegs, earwigs, a wasp, etc.
