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Zëbulon wrote:

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Hello,

does anybody know of any in pond plants that can survive a 5 or 6 zone
winter other than Hardy water lilies ?

There are many. I'm in zone 6 which can get darn cold in the winter. I
have Pickerel weed, Lotus, mini and variegated cattails, parrots feather,
water iris in 3 colors... there are so very many. I don't drop them to
the bottom either. They remain in the same place year round. Look at the
tags on the pots as the store. The hardiness zone will be on them - or
should be.

I mean the plants that sit right inside on or below the water that will
come back after a cold winter.

I hate buying new tropical plants every year only to see them being
thrown away.

You can try keeping them indoors over the winter. I didn't always have
luck doing that and we have a large sunroom. Since I now have a small
greenhouse I'm keeping over water lettuce. I may try keeping over a few
water hyacinths next winter.

I'm hoping just to keep them out there. When ever I bring in pond plants
they don't last until January indoors.
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They don't too well indoors. The hardy ones can be left outside year round.
Avoid the tropicals. Check the tags before you buy any plants and make sure
they're hardy for your zone. If there's no tag, don't buy it. Even then
under certain conditions they may not survive. There are other things that
kill plants besides the cold. They suffer bacterial and viral diseases,
"nutritional" deficiencies etc.
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