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Pygmy bog garden

Hi heres some pics from my pygmy bog garden - which soon should include meristocaulis  ( which i am trying to germinate in the garden ).
regards belinda
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The garden is surrounded by fireheath & protea and should look great next spring .
Ive created different areas with some pure sand and washed river gravel ranging right throught to pure peat areas  - i aim to increase the size to about  5mtr square.
I currently have about 20 species and aim to increase this this winter
 
very nice! you're lucky you live in a climate where you can have a nice bog of pygmies all the time, I wish I lived in a warm region like you, supposed to snow 4 days straight here
 
wow!!

I love it, i think ive said this allready!

Cheers
 
WOW indeed, that's a real nice natural looking setup, really good work
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Quote[/b] (Kirkscoastalcarnivores @ Mar. 18 2006,10:22)]very nice! you're lucky you live in a climate where you can have a nice bog of pygmies all the time, I wish I lived in a warm region like you, supposed to snow 4 days straight here
Kirk, think Seattle - clouds and rain!  
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Belinda, great pictures! I also enjoyed your editorial comments in the other two topics.  
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I attempted to bring the other picture on the screen. I think it just had the forwward slash in front of the img for the opening tag. Here goes...
 
Thanks Jim
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regards Belinda
 
That's fantastic. There are so many of them.
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You gotta love those pygmies.

Great growing!
 
I love seeing so many pygmies together! Drosera carpets are cool to begin with, but pygmy ones are possibly even cooler.
 
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I especially like your last pic at ground level through the "forest" of flower scapes.
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Hi belinda,
Great pics - thanks for sharing! Bogs are the next best thing to nature and always great in a yard garden. Do you have any pics showing the whole pygmy-bog (overview)?
 
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Really incredible. I started growing sundews in my bog years ago, and had a realy nice carpet forming of pygmies, but then worms too up residence and they bury EVERYTHING! Very frustrating. Every poison I've found so far to kill them will also kill goldfish and has a long half-life. The concern being that if the pond overflows, or vice versa, the chemicals could wash into the pond and kill the gold fish.

Stephen Davis
www.carnivorousplants.homestead.com
 
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I realise I'm late, but GOODNESS, what gorgeous pictures! Pygmies are my "first-among-equals" favorite cp. Seeing this many of them in one place just makes my heart go pitty-pat. You are indeed fortunate (and, obviously, skilled). If I had any skills to sell, I'd move to Australia myself.
While I will grow most of mine in pots, I am going to try to set up a bog-type situation here (sub-tropical Florida), just to see if I can get something started. Wish me luck.
setep (Ron Ruppel)
 
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