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Pond Plants with attractive bright green foliage There are few pond plants that hold their beauty alone with their fresh green leaves, so I have composed a short list of some of my favourites, they are all quite distinctive from each other. Veronica Becabunga This low growing creeping plant looks fantastic in all water garden […]
Read in fullPond planting in the autumn For any type of gardening, the planting is the process before the reward, so this makes Autumn a very good time to plant certain types of pond plants as they will already be established and therefore, put on a good display of foliage and flowers in the Spring. There are […]
Read in fullCallitriche – For Oxygenating and Attracting Newts Callitriche is a submerged aquatic but also terrestrial plant that grows under water to a water depth of 60 cm. It adapts to growing in shallow and moist margins, where it favors clay and silt. There are many wild species that are very similar in appearance and they […]
Read in fullAttracting British Amphibians to your Water Garden One of the main attractions when creating a water feature in our gardens is, the hope that we will attract that lovely and sometimes comical, array of amphibians. We all like the idea of a bit of home conservation, and inviting Frogs, Toads and Newts to […]
Read in fullOxygenating Plants Out of all of the different types of water plants, it’s the oxygenators that are the most diverse in their uses and they play the biggest role in maintaining healthy, clean water. They remove excess nitrates by filtration preventing green water while at the same time, releasing thousands of small bubbles of oxygen […]
Read in fullNative Aquatic Plants of Britain One of the things we have plenty of and contribute to our rich green isles, is rainfall. Plenty of rainfall means plenty of wet habitats for our wildlife forming lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, bogs, marshes and woodland swamps. Wherever you find fresh water, you will also find plants. This aquatic […]
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