Marginal Plants, Perennials or Woodland Ferns? Marginal plants are so called and categorized for a good reason. Simply put, they grow at the water’s edge (water margin) where land meets water. It is important to bear in mind that in natural clay or silt based ponds, the water margin will rise in times of flooding […]
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Natural Marginal Pond Planting without Using Aquatic Baskets in Lined Ponds All ponds need to be able to contain water without any leakage. Natural clay bottomed ponds and lakes take care of these themselves but if we want to construct a pond in our back garden, it will either need to be a pre-molded fiberglass pond or […]
Read in full12 Good Reasons to Buy Pond Plants and Water Lilies From us at Lilies Water Gardens 1.) Frost Hardy Pond Plants and Water Lilies NOT Tropical Pond Plants Being Advertised As Frost Hardy! All our pond plants are suitable for growing outside in the UK. There are businesses selling quite literally dozens of tropical marginal plants and Water […]
Read in fullPond Plants or Water Garden Plants (What Is the Difference)? This may well be one of the shortest articles I have ever written, but the two headings could cause a little confusion, so I need to explain. Pond Plants The plants under this heading are ‘true aquatics’ that like growing in water of […]
Read in fullJuncus Species and Cultivars for Ponds Planting up a pond or water garden is not always about flowers. The colour of foliage and plants that produce interesting seed heads can be just as visual and create a natural looking balance, when planted among-st and in-between flowering plants. Not surprising, that ornamental grass areas are […]
Read in fullPotentilla Palustris For Attracting Bees To Your Wildlife Pond This is going to be a short article but an informative guide to one of Britain’s prettiest native pond and wetland plants. Potentilla Palustris, also known as (Purple Wort), (Purple Marshwort), (Marsh Cinquefoil) or (Bog-Strawberry), can be found growing wild in various wetland habitats such […]
Read in fullSoleirolia Soleirolii (Mind-Your-Own-Business) for Pond and Water Gardens Also often listed as Helxine Soleirolii, though mostly known under the common name Mind-Your-Own-Business, this very versatile moisture loving plant grows happy in sun, partial and/or full shade and has many other names including, Baby Tears, Angels Tears, Irish Moss, Bread and Cheese, Friendship Plant, Pollyana Vine, […]
Read in fullWhat is a Free Floating Pond Plant? I have written this article because there seems to be a lot of confusion and incorrect information over the internet and in books, about non-invasive free floating pond plants. Most free floating pond plants are very invasive and this needs to be taken into consideration when […]
Read in full10 Must Have Submerged Deep water Pond Plants Submerged pond plants play an essential role in maintaining a healthy pond. Releasing oxygen into the water and taking up excessive nitrate levels at the same time, they create a perfect balanced environment for all pond life. Some deep water plants are just water foliage plants […]
Read in fullEnvironmentally Friendly Bare Rooted Pond Plants A lot of companies are advertising and selling what they call “pond ready plants” in 11 cm and 1 liter sized aquatic baskets! WARNING – THEY ARE NOT! But there are many other environmental reasons why it is far better to buy bare-rooted pond plants whenever possible and […]
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