This versatile little plant is one of our new favorites. Lemon Bacopa is a great bog plant for trailing over edges, cascading down a waterfall, bogs or submerged. It has succulent leaves of lemon when crushed and is an edible herb used for seasoning. Tiny five pedal blue flowers will bloom all summer long. Needs to be planted in a medium container in moist soil or just by keeping its tiny roots wet. It can easily be cultivated by cuttings from the stems. Although it is only hardy in zones 9-11 it can easily be wintered over by taking a cutting and keeping it inside in a small container with alittle water. It will continue to grow more tiny little roots and you can replant it in your pond in the spring.
Bog Bean is a great addition to your pond. Its hardy in zones 2-7 which makes it a popular pond plant for pond owners. The leaves are fairly large, three-lobed that are markedly veined. Flower buds are pink clusters that open to a white, star-shaped bloom that is highly fragrant. It will stand high above the leaves, some 2-6 inches taller, giving the height of the plant 6-9 inches tall and can grow out 5 feet over the water surface. Whats nice about the bog plant is even when its not flowering, the leaves will remain green and attractive in your pond. It will bloom late May through July.
Plant it in full sun to part shade in 1-3 inches of water amd it will spread over the water surface. It can freeze solid in the winter as long as you keep it in the water. You would want to divide the plant by dividing the rootstock in the summer once it is done flowering. Its a great plant to plant close to edges of your pond, against rocks or waterfall, as it grows high enough to hid edges of your pond.
