On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 23:09:11 CST, "Gail Futoran"
wrote:

I'm also a "minimalist" gardener - water
or soil. I'll report on what happens to my
mutilated water lily.

I'm working real hard towards this type of gardening. ;-)

As in my big flower pots out by the front door, instead of the usual soil
and annuals, I put water in them and my iris that winter in the koi ponds.
When the cannas take their place in the koi ponds, the iris go in these
pots with a small floating island that holds plants that can handle soggy
soil. We have drippers set up to keep the water level up. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State