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Potted Vs Bare-Root Pond Plants

Potted Vs Bare-Root Pond Plants

A water garden is not complete without aquatic plants. In fact, they play an essential role in keeping your pond water clean, clear and healthy! Some plants are used for shading and keeping the water temperatures cooler, some are used for filtering n...
Best Hardy Marginal Pond Plants for Filtration

Best Hardy Marginal Pond Plants for Filtration

Filtration plays an important role in the health of your pond water. Did you know that many pond plants help naturally filter your pond water? Follow along as we cover the top 10 hardy marginal pond plants that will help with your pond filtratio...
Top 5 Tropical Marginals for Pond Filtration

Top 5 Tropical Marginals for Pond Filtration

Filtration plays an important role in the health of your pond water. Did you know that certain pond plants can help naturally filter the water? Follow along as we cover the top 5 tropical marginal pond plants that will help with your pond filtration....
Benefits of a Bog Garden for Ponds

Benefits of a Bog Garden for Ponds

"So, what is a bog?"  Bog gardens exist in nature - in low-lying areas, or around ponds, lakes or streams. Bog plants love overly moist soil, that is waterlogged, but not standing. As pond owners, we can use this idea to our benefit. Adding a bo...
Fertilizing Pond Plants

Fertilizing Pond Plants

‘Feeding’ your aquatics maximizes its beauty and will get you the most out of your pond plants. The plant food tablets we recommend, were formulated to feed all aquatic plants - while not releasing chemicals into the water that would enco...
How to Make a Floating Island for Your Pond

How to Make a Floating Island for Your Pond

Making the Most of your Floating Plants and Floating Planter  Whether your water garden has plant ledges or not, you can still reap the benefits of floating pond plants with island planters.  There are numerous amounts of aquatic marginal...
Four Primary Pond Plants: Essential Choices

Four Primary Pond Plants: Essential Choices

Types of Plants for Your Pond: Pond plants are a hearty food source to bugs, critters, and fish in and around the pond, but they also play an essential role in your pond’s filtration. They are the best filters known to man. The combination of p...
Learn How to Divide Water Lilies and Lotus

Learn How to Divide Water Lilies and Lotus

Did you know that dividing your water lilies and lotus is a good way to add protection for your pond fish with what you already have? Pond plants, particularly water lilies and lotus, covering the pond’s surface has an optimal range in being b...
​Eye Catching and Unique Plants for your Pond

​Eye Catching and Unique Plants for your Pond

There are many different types of aquatic plants that can be added to your pond and they all serve a purpose. Whether it is to help build your eco-system, managing algae, protection for your fish or simply for aesthetic reasons. A common trend we ha...
Planting Zones for your Pond Plants

Planting Zones for your Pond Plants

Zone 1: Bog plants (moisture loving plants) > Planting depths of 0-1/2 inch. >> The crown of the plant should be just above the water line with its roots in moist/boggy soil.  Zone 2: Marginals > Planting d...
Floating & Submerged Pond Plants

Floating & Submerged Pond Plants

When it comes to ponds, plants play such a huge and important role in creating a balanced ecosystem. Two important types of plants are submerged and floating plants. Submerged Plants: Submerged Plants, like Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demerusum) &a...