Advice from garden pond specialists for the selection of your plants

Whether they have dense foliage or brightly colored flowers, aquatic plants adorn the pond and give it a decorative touch. Entrust your landscaping project to an aquatic basin specialist to easily find the varieties of plants adapted to the different dimensions and depths of the water corner.

Aquatic plants to decorate the pond

True, the basin is a body of water, but it is quite possible to decorate it with plants of different varieties. For any aquatic pond specialist, bank plants help bring volume and contrast to the pond. Thus, perennial geranium, yarrow or epimedium type plants are placed on dry soil, making sure to keep them away from water, while plants for cool soils such as cardamines, astilbes and equisetums will serve to create a result unexpected. For the versions for wet soils, you have among others the irises, the lychnis and the scripus. For waters with a depth of less than 50 to 1.50 m, the most preferred aquatic plants are the water lilies, as well as the versions with floating or submerged foliage.

Water basin: plants not recommended

Because you have laid out your aquatic pond with geotextile felt and a tarp, it is better to protect it against the vigorous roots of certain plants. Also, place your body of water in an area away from trees such as poplars, or even varieties of bamboo-type plants that will be interested in the wetland located under the basin to find the water and nutrient that they need.