"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
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2pods wrote:

In or out for the winter ?
Ponds are only 2' - 2.5' feet deep.

As I have no conservatory or greenhouse, if I take them in, can they be
treated as a houseplant with no immersion ?

A pond post! Out, definitely. I doubt an umbrella would survive even a
southern UK winter. Treat as a houseplant, keep in a warm sunny window,
and keep it wet. I used to keep them in the veggie filter I built for my
large (299gallon) aquarium (so completely submersed) but they don't have
to
be that wet. They make good houseplants, though, because watering is so
easy :-) Most of my houseplants suffer from inadequate watering, so all I
keep are cactuses and pond plants.
--
derek

Thanks Derek

I'll have to look about the house as all sunny windows are yaken up with
Parrot's Feather, Water Lettuce, and Water Hyacinth in small tanks and
disused bottle gardens :-)

Peter