"Waterfall-Sort Of"
I got my pond, "waterfall" and raceway cleaned up and running again today, just in time for the end of summer. (whole idea was to have running water sounds when the temps are in the 95-105 range.) Oh well, at least I can listen to it during September when the average outdoors temperature is still in the 90's.
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Sorry. Here's the photo.
(post #15379, reply #2 of 10)
Oh that is reallllllly pretty!!!
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Thank you Sarah C.
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That is charming!
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(post #15379, reply #7 of 10)
Inspired and inspiring design. Water features have always intimidated me, but your pictures are surely tempting me to try one. Is it on a slope? How much upkeep goes into it?
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robin,
Thanks. The raceway is on a slight, natural slope and drains into a pond. A pump returns the water to the pot at the head of the raceway in pvc pipe. The pipe and electrical receptacle and conduit are hidden in a bed of English Ivy. The feature doesn't require much maintenance at all, mostly because I'm lazy about it. I clean the whole thing of leaves and twigs once a year and pretty much leave it at that for May through November. Some people cover their ponds over winter, but I've never taken the trouble.
I used to share your intimidation about water features but decided one summer that I'd just do it. I believe that I worked on this one, on and off, for about a year, having decided that I'd finish it when I finished it. That made the whole thing easier, that and having done some internet research, having a plan before starting and looking at other people's ponds and waterfalls.
Here are three more pics, one of the pond at a distance, showing the elevated, wooden walk around it and another showing the Confederate Jasmine backdrop behind the water pot. The third is for the purpose of showing the drastic difference between a more natural pond setting/design (my pond and taste) and a formal design that I drew and constructed for a neighbor. Really I'd say, your committment and willingness to just do it are the only limits.
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Thanks for the additional pictures. It looks beautiful and really well cared for. You've given me something to think about!
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really pretty! btw, what is the plant with the red flowers in your pic?
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roxanna,
That plant is Turk's Cap (malvavieus aboreus) and it's deciduous and hardy to Zone 7. If you like it enough to try it out, I'd plant it and see. Ours dies down in the winter, I clip the stems to the ground and it returns every spring. We're here in zone 8 in Cen. Tx.
Ours blooms from early summer into late fall; it likes part sun to shade and attracts lots of butterflies and doesn't require more than "normal" watering. We still have (until they all die out from their declining, over-wintering place in Mexico) lots of Monarchs traveling through here on their migration.
OAPN, I'm also 60+ and still going for more.
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Very nice!
Btw, Turk's cap is hardy here in zone 6b (hardy down to zero or lower). In zone 7, it can take some shade, but for less than really hot climes, it loves lots of sun and is very drought hardy.