Can You Simply Throw Lead-Weighted, Oxygenating Plants Into Your Pond? The answer to this question is a definite NO! Many different bunched oxygenating plants are sold in the aquatic pond plant industry, and almost all are sold with lead weights. The idea behind this is that the weighted bunch can simply be thrown into your […]
Read in fullMarginal Pond Plants Or Bog Garden Plants There seems to be a lot of confusion and inaccurate information all over the internet on the categorizing of marginal pond plants and bog garden plants. Like before in many of my articles I will now endeavor to set the record straight. This information will be essential and informative […]
Read in fullOenanthes for Wild and Formal Pond Planting There are many species of Oenanthes that grow wild in various wetland habitats. They can be found in water meadows, streams, ditches, marshes, rivers, pond, lakes and bog-lands. Most resemble weeds, so are rarely grown for use in the garden, but there are however, a couple of […]
Read in fullPond planting explained for Beginners The only difference between adding plants to your pond or water garden compared to planting up borders in your back garden is WATER, and the thing that seems to confuse people the most is the different water depth requirements, however it does not need to be explained in a complicated way […]
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 fullAquatic Baskets and Pond Plants Unfortunately, there is a lot of misleading information all over the internet about certain sized pre-planted aquatic baskets being sold as Pond Ready and the baskets not requiring aquatic liners Therefore, I feel as a grower that I need to provide some accurate information and explanations! Misleading (Aquatic […]
Read in fullTen Must Have Pond Plants You can just imagine the fun I had trying to choose the top ten must have plants for your pond! The first thing I had to do was to just concentrate on pond plants (true aquatics) rather than the whole concept of water gardening, bog-gardens, moist pond surrounds borders […]
Read in fullThe Importance of Marginal Plants There are many different categories of water plants, and just as plants have adapted to all areas of land, they have also adapted to all areas of the water. In this article, I will talk about freshwater ponds, streams, dykes, lakes, dew ponds and even man-made canals. It’s in all […]
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