Went to buy some rocks today for half barrel. On the way I spotted a
huge swampy area. So on the way back I stopped and pulled over off the
road and went out to have a look. I no sooner pulled over and another
vehicle came up and stopped and a fellow got out. He asked me what
Iwas doing, and I said just looking at the swamp and bog, thats
all.....He said ok, no problem, as he was having problems with folks
dumping trash......which I assure him I was not. I remarked that there
sure was a heap of water lillies, and other various aquatic plants in
that swamp that was worth some money and that there was actually more
variety in just what I saw than any of the local water garden or
nurseries carry in Montgomery.....He said, well help yourself, take
what you want, just don't leave any trash........He wrote me out a
note giving permission and left.

So far I have found bog bean, pickerel rush, straight form of a rush,
water lillies (spread about 3 to 5 feet with leaves 5 to 7 inches in
diam, some white and some yellow, and I spotted what appears to be a
pink one......) mostly white though. Lots of parrots feather and frog
bit and hyacinth.taro type (probably common elephant ears). The cat
tails were nbot all that tall only about 36" max, so I may get some of
them as the ones I have get extremely tall. Appears to be water snow
flake, and what appears to be iris (dead dried blooms none actually
blooming), all around the edges and one side close by the railroad
tracks, as well and some others who I just can't remember, but IIRC I
seem them in various books. Just have to set down and look em up.

I collected up some odds and ends and one lilly, as the others were a
little to far out in the swamp for me to get the way I was dressed
today, and I did not have any bags to put them in, but I can see a
major planting of my pond now with some really nice matured lillys.
And just yesterday I bought and paid for a mailorder of parrots
feather.duh!

There was another plant there I am curious about. Its a floating
plant, and resembles frog bit, but not as tightly clumped together
with thr leaves. The leaves on this one are one or two to a stalk, and
thick like frog bit, but are a more pronoucned heart shape. Any one
have any ideas what it may be? Its not in any of my books that I have.

This is a ideal swamp, and nothing seems like its running rampant and
overtaking anything. Quite a few frogs as well......and turtles...

I got the 4 kiddies pools out when I got home, hosed off all the
plants I collected and seperated them into the various kiddie pools.
I'll leave them there for awhile and sterilize them all before I
utilize them. Saturday I'll probably go back with the wife and dig out
some lillys........and my books.

Not bad for all those free plants, but I had to pay for lousy flat
rocks!
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