esshup, I think you are correct, would have been far better. Do you think I can buy them now and try to plant them and get them to grow inside or just wait till spring and put them in their future pond bank environment right away?
I find a few sellers on ebay but the sprigs they send you look pretty miserable. I was hoping in spring a local nursery or plant store might have these but I couldn't find them last year at any local store.