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Provides oxygen
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Provides food
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Helps with filtration
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Keeps healthy substrate
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Inhibits algae growth
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Removes carbon dioxide from the water
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Provides a home for beneficial bacteria
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Provides nitrates and phosphate
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Makes a beautiful natural pond edge
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Provides shelter and shade for fish
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Helps produce water clarity

Why are aquatic plants good for a pond ?


Aquatic Plants


Aquatic plants are a very important part of the ecological system in a pond.
We apply a large variety of aquatic plants to the ponds. The plants not only look beautiful, they have a purpose and a value to the ecological system in a pond.
Aquatic plants in a pond will provide water clarity.


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Horsetail
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Lizard's tail
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Golden club
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Corksrew rush
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Creeping jenny
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Arrowhead
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Bloody dock
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Reed varigated
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Iris
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Pickeral rush
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Arrow arum
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Thalia
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Sedge grass
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Houttuynia chameleon
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Marsh marigold
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Varigated sweet flag
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Golden acorus grass
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Zebra grass
We carry a colorful assortment of lily pads
Aquatic plants we install in our water features

Floating Annual aquatic plants
water hyacinth's and floating water lettuce
We do install perenial lily pads


