Water Plants
Ponds benefit from having plants. Not only do they create a beautiful accent to your water feature but they help to add oxygen to your water. Pond plants help to remove nutrients that would otherwise be available to grow unwanted algae. They also attract many beneficial creatures and insects to your garden. Plants help to balance the eco-system within your pond and garden.
We stock a great selection of Marginals. They are plants that like to be along the edge of a pond in water or wet soil. Marginal plants add natural beauty and visual appeal, softening the transition between water and surrounding landscape.
Marginals for your pond
- Sweet Flag
- Alocasia
- Marsh Marigold
- Canna
- Cyperus
- Iris
- Juncus
- Calla
- Sagittaria
- Typha
Oxygenators are some of the best oxygen producers. Most live submerged underwater. They provide clean healthy water and are very useful in providing a breeding area for fish.
- Hornwort
- Mares tail
- water starwort
Floaters float around the pond and offer shade for pond water , cover for fish to hide, as well as aid to clean the water.
- water lettuce
- water hyacinths
- Salvinia
- Hygroryza
- Hydrocharis
Waterlilies provide shade to the pond with their beautiful leaves, offer cover to help control algae and attract butterlflies and other polinnators with their beautiful flowers. We carry a variety of colors and sizes to suit any pond.
Information:
- Water plants are usually available at the end of April as the water starts to warm up in your pond.
- Tropical lilies and floaters should be approximately mid May.