Pretty place. I wonder if you might have crawfish in the pond sneaking in and hitting the new plants. I've heard from several people that they can make it tough to get plants established. If it is crawfish.....1/4" mech cages should be helpful along with setting some traps to slow them down.

On my end I am using (or at least trying to use) both pickerelweed and Iris. You might check the depth of the planting for each of these. I thought that Pickerelweed was able to get out to 12-18" depths and Iris was a bit shallower. Might also be a PH difference for soil type requirement between the two.

Goodluck on the project.

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