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Pond Area

My pond is inspired by my Grandfather’s pond in Cleveland, Ohio.  We spent many hours watching the Koi he kept there. 

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Ivy Tree

Fatshedra annemeiki

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Part shade, shade, evergreen, may be diligently trained as a bold evergreen vine

Tea Olive

Osmanathus fragans

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Evergreen, full sun to partial sun

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

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About 2 feet tall, woodland perennial, native, sun or shade

Owl

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Barred owl found fishing in the pond. 

Toad lily

Tricyrtis hirta

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Part shade, shade, 3' tall, blooms in fall.

Water hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes

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Invasive. Native to South America, it clogs US southern waterways. These plants were collected from a swamp in Louisiana. 

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