It Is Important to Plant Enough Pond Plants in Your Water Garden Pond, Yet Not to Many

It is important not to over fill or under fill your new pond with plants. Because the plants in your pond play an important role in developing and maintain a healthy ecosystem within the pond it important to have a plan rather than just put plants into the pond on a whim. Here is a rough guide on the amount and variety of plants that you should plant in new pond.

For a pond about six feet by eight feet (2 m x 2.5 m) you should plants half dozen floaters, fifteen bunches of oxygenators and one water lily.

For a pond about eight feet by twelve feet (4 m x 2.5 m) you should plants nine floaters, two dozen bunches of oxygenators and two water lilies.

For a pond about nine feet by fifteen feet (2.75 m x 5 m) you should plants a dozen floaters, four dozen bunches of oxygenators and three water lilies.

For a pond about fifteen feet by thirty feet (5 m x 10 m) you should plants twenty four to thirty floaters, six and a half dozen bunches of oxygenators and five water lilies.

It is important to make sure that you do not under-stock a pond, as the aquatic plants play a huge role in the oxygenating and naturally fighting the growth and development of algae. The guidelines above will help give balance to your planting schedule and will help in the process and balance the inclusion of functional and decorative aquatic plants for your pond.