"Pam Gibbs" wrote in message
...
5 floating plants with lily pad like leaves that are about the size of a
penny, almost heart shaped. I thought the floating heart was larger?
It's
not penny wort, I have some of that and it looks different.


That sounds like frogbit to me. Do a Google image search and see if that's
what you've got.



How do you plant parrot's feather and water hyacinth? I have a couple of
Helen Nash books, and one of them talks about lead strips in connection
with
planting parrot's feather. It also talks about potting the water
hyacinth.
I have seen posts here I think that say just to drop them in the pond.
Personally I prefer the BV method but will it work for these plants? I'm
new at this and don't want to make a major mess.


I just let my hyacinths free float, although they all float to the same
place in the pond so I'm going to do the ring thing to keep them where I
want them. But they're doing great.


Lydia