How To Select Your Garden Pond Plants ...

Garden pond plants ... choose from 6 types of water plants for your pond garden. Water garden pond plants breathe somewhat differently to us. Typical pond plants breathe in carbon dioxide during the day (and breathe oxygen out) Pond plants breathe in oxygen during the night (and breathe carbon dioxide out). Here's a brief over-view of the types of pond plants followed by a basic introduction to the impact plants have on any garden pond All garden pond plants behave as follows in a pond and are thus able to add real value to that garden pond environment.

 The place to buy pond plants in USA online and in UK contact Bradshaws help desk

Types of pond plants ... there are 6 pond plant types

• Water lilies (water plants: type 1) ... Deep water water plants that root strongly in bottom of pond. Leaves float on water surface.
• Oxygenators (water plants: type 2) ... Totally submerged water plants. These water plants can never exist out of water. They root or float rootless under water.
• Floating (water plants: type 3) ... These water plants are small to medium and move freely in the pond.
• Partly emerging (water plants: type 4) ... water plants like these root into mud and show strong growth and flowers project out of the water.
• Marginals (water plants: type 5) ... The longest list of water plants. These water plants generally do not like drying out.
• Bog plants (water plants: type 6) ... Similar to group 6 water plants. Wet mud is all that is required for these water plants to do well.

Pond plants introduction: 

Garden pond plants convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to oxygen in the water and use this carbon dioxide to produce energy in the form of sugars - photosynthesis. All pond plants consume nitrogen chemicals (mainly nitrates and phosphates) that build up in the water. Water cress is often used for this purpose.

• Garden pond plants have a limited filtering effect.
• Some pond plants are particularly good at oxygenating the pond water
• Select plants for around a pond to blend in with the garden pond. Refer to the diagram in the aquatic plants on this site to help you decide on plants for around a pond.

How many pond plants?

Here is a rule of thumb for deciding how many pond plants to add to your pond. To each square metre of surface (10 square feet):

• 2 bunches of oxygenating plants will look after this size of pond
• 1 Water lily - there is a massive range of these pond plants to choose from
• 1 Bog plant - these pond plants can also be planted around the perimeters of garden ponds.

You would of course combine plants into areas and not space them according to this rule of thumb.

Planting pond plants

Bear in mind that aquatic plants do get bigger so dont over-plant your pond. For good water lily care remember water lilies do not like splashing water or rapidly moving water. The water lily often tends to like water deeper than 60cm.

When you plant garden pond or aquatic plants use specially designed baskets into which specially formulated aquatic compost has been used low in phosphorous and nitrogen. Only ever use fertilizers made for pond plants.

An alternative to baskets for pond plants are normal plastic planting pots. Cover the top of the pot with pebbles or gravel to prevent fish disturbing the soil and roots of the garden pond or aquatic plants ... especially if you keep koi.

For marginal garden pond plants planting areas use coco mats or coir as a means to hold the plant in position. You can also place a bit of special compost together with the coir for these garden pond plants. Place pebbles on the mat to keep it submerged.

Here is a clever trick for garden pond plants where you already have a pond and it is fairly deep and you want to place a largish plant in the pond. Get a second person to help and between you hold two ropes in parallel stretching across the pond. Allow the ropes to be placed beneath the ridge of the garden pond plants pot as if the pot was in a sling or hammock and then gently lower it into the pond.

List of Latin and English names for pond and aquatic plants can be found on this site.

Garden Fish Pond Keeping Articles To Explore

How To Select Your Garden Pond Plants How To Select Your Garden Pond Plants. Garden pond plants. choose from 6 types of water plants for your pond garden. Water garden pond plants breathe somewhat differently to us... Recommended List Of Aquatic Pond Plants Other Plants For Recommended List Of Aquatic Pond Plants & Other Plants For Japanese garden Effect. Traditionally, the most important plants are the plants that mark the seasons... Garden pond plants need winter care Garden pond plants need winter care. Prepare your garden pond plants for winter and benefit next spring. Lessen the task of winter preparation of garden pond plants...