Help with some of my new plants.

I got some new plants at the HAS auction. I am a COMPLETE newbie when it comes to plants. I wanted to get some stuff that was not going in my fish tanks. So I thought I would play with some of these. I got some

Red Stemthalia Water Canna



Green Taro Elephant Ear



Variegated Rush


I also got a bag of Amazon frog bite. If anyone has any info on these plants please share.... I'd like to put a bunch of plants on my patio out front but I am not sure If I could use these for that, besides the Frog bite that's going into an aquarium. Thanks for any helpful information.

are these pond plants?

Yes but that's what I am trying to get at.... I want to put them on my patio out front....mabey simulate that they are in a pond somehow....hints why I have them in buckets with water and soil. They are lovley looking and I want to find a way to keep them.

lol. maybe you should have a pond then lol.

Help help we want to keep the plants.

Patio water garden then. Go get a whiskey barrel from Lowes/Homedepot, line it with a pond liner.

Now, you've got to decide whether you want a fountain or a still pond. These plants can go with either. If you want flowing water get a low flowing fountain top and follow instructions. If you're going for still water, fill a pillowcase with top soil, close it with a rubber band and set it on the bottom. Cover with course gravel around 2" thick.

Using a hose, run water into whiskey barrel and let it flow over the top until everything is clear. Let sit for 24-48 hours. Plant the plants in the bottom.

For mosquito larva control you can use guppies and/or feeder goldfish. They can also handle a still water pond.


Have fun! I've enjoyed my two still water ponds for many years! (though mine are old rubber horse troughs sunk in the ground.) These half-submergent plants are beauties!

I am not making a pond or fountain. I want to put them in a bucket or something similar to simulate that they are in a pond. No fish no nothing. just the plants.

Bring them to me and I will put them in my pond.

just mess around with them. they were $1 each lol. how can you lose?

They seem to be fine where I have them. Terry do you think I need some gravle in the buckets or just soil and water?

Dirt and water and they should be fine. Are they in partial shade? Most emergent plants are partial shade.

Kory I just use water and sand/gravel mix in mine. They seem to do just fine with that.

Fern wrote:

Dirt and water and they should be fine. Are they in partial shade? Most emergent plants are partial shade.

Yea they have real good sun from about 5pm until about 7pm. The rest is not shade but not direclty in the sun light.

Terry wrote:

Kory I just use water and sand/gravel mix in mine. They seem to do just fine with that.

Sweet I will get some sand and a little gravel.

when it comes to plants!

2 hrs of direct light should be plenty for them

KMX wrote:

I got some new plants at the HAS auction. I am a COMPLETE newbie when it comes to plants. I wanted to get some stuff that was not going in my fish tanks. So I thought I would play with some of these. I got some

Red Stemthalia Water Canna



Green Taro Elephant Ear



Variegated Rush


I also got a bag of Amazon frog bite. If anyone has any info on these plants please share.... I'd like to put a bunch of plants on my patio out front but I am not sure If I could use these for that, besides the Frog bite that's going into an aquarium. Thanks for any helpful information.

All 3 plants are doing well in a 5G buckets and in the shade. The heat was way to much for them and doing MUCH MUHC better in the shade.

My red stem looking good.


besides the 1 leaf. You think I should give up on this one? or let it keep trying?


My Green Taro coming back strong after a heat wave in the sun.