The Pond Doctor |
Water Plants |
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A Pond Doctor Pond at Two Years |
| I recommend three levels of planting
using water plants and bog flowers (Level I); grasses and
rushes (marginals, Level II); and shrubs and trees (the canopy, Level III).
Most man-made ponds do not have these components. With just a little
instruction, you can get the plants and plant them. Below are
links to native and ornamental pond plants that are easily obtained. |
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Native
Plants |
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The native
plants are readily available around you. You can use plant
identification books or you can go to native nurseries and find
them. Your native plants are the best to use for your pond because
they thrive in your own environment
and once established continuously care for your pond . Although most ponds
have some of these plants already, they usually have only five or six species as The
key to pond health is to create a diverse ecology suggested in this article. You may need as many as 50
species. The fall and winter is the best time to establish these perennial
plants. I can help you select these plants and how to place them.
Clicking on the above native plant link, you will find about 100
native plants. Like plants are found around the world |
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The Plants are in Nature. |
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Ornamental Plants |
| You don't have to be a purist and have all native plants.
Many ornamental perennialsoffer color
and meld into the water environment. This is not contaminating our environment because there
are already a huge number of non-native plants growing around us. Virtually
every home has them. Like native plants, they also help the pond and offer
a great varieties of color. The above link shows the ornamental plants
available in the United States. |
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