permaculture

["Scott Pittman" <scott@permaculture.org>]

First I've heard of zones 6 and 7.  Permaculture zones are 1-5, see PC
Designers manual.

Most riparian plants will do well at pond edge.  I have a multiple depth
edge around my pond starting at 8", 12", 24" which allows me to plant
various species that like different depths of water.  On my chinampa edge I
have basket willow, choke cherry, currents, mulberry, raspberry, and
riparian medicinals.

Scott Pittman
Director
Permaculture Institute

-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence F. London, Jr. [mailto:lfl@intrex.net] 
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 9:35 PM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Edges - Re: permaculture and science ||
needrecommendations for plantings at edge of pond


For Zone 6-7, what are recommendations for plantings at or near the edge of
a small pond?
This area would be subject to flooding as well as drought so the plants
would need to be resistant to these conditions 
somewhat (some losses expected) and be able to recover from either to become
established.

I have drainage slopes that lead to the ponds, some steep, some almost
vertical and some very gradual, with severe 
washing during heavy rain. Fescue will probably work to create an
erosion-free zone. This must lead into other plantings 
near the water that will provide good habitat for aquatic and semi-aquatic
organisms. I have cattails which are good to 
have at water's edge. I have started water lilly and papyrus but do not know
what to expect from them in the water or 
near the shore. I would like to crenelate the pond's edge and install a
variety of plantings that are native to my 
locale and will work well in an edge zone with nondescript plant material
that may drift in and out, airborne, 
waterborne or waterborne. The water in the pond is high in nutrients and
duckweed growing there now is flourishing even 
in this cole weather we are having.


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