Aquatic plants for the garden pond

Many owners of country or homestead land want to have on their territory a small decorative pond. This corner of the garden is always an ornament of the landscape and an excellent place for relaxation and relaxation. If you created a small pond on your site, you need to think about which aquatic plants will grow in it.

Any pond in nature looks very picturesque, as a variety of plants grow on its surface and along its banks, which not only adorn it visually, but also improve the microflora of water. Floating plants create a kind of shield from the sun's rays, which does not allow the water to overheat in the summer (especially in shallow waters), and the algae growing under water contribute to its enrichment with oxygen.

Now there are cultivated aquatic plants on sale, but they are quite expensive, so to save money and gain experience in the cultivation of such vegetation at first you can use wild plants that grow in your area.

Higher aquatic plants are an integral environment-forming component of the aquatic ecosystem, since they refer to the so-called autotrophic organisms that create primary food products in the process of photosynthetic activity. There are five groups of plants used in decorating garden water bodies: deep water, floating, coastal, water lilies, oxygen generators (producing oxygen).

Deep-water plants can form flowers and leaves floating above the water surface. Such plants are planted at the rate of one plant per 1.4 square meters. M. The best of them: aponogeton, orontium aquatic, nymphaea (bog-flower).

Floating aquatic plants create a shadow and prevent the evaporation of water. They get nutrients from the water, so they do well without soil. They die when the temperature falls below zero. At 1 square. One plant is planted. The best of them: water hyacinth, azol, watercolor, pistil, pemphigus (utricularia), flyer floating (water nut).

Coastal aquatic plants for the pond are of decorative significance, although they create a slight shadow. They grow along the edges of the pond in shallow water. They are planted either directly in the soil or in flower baskets. At 0.5 square. One plant is planted. The best of these plants: cattail, hosts of different varieties, aruncus, brunner, astilba, buzulnik, streloList, lilynevnik, verbeynik, sisak, ayr, watch, reeds, kaluzhnitsa.

Water lilies (nymphaeas) are a real pearl of the pond, as they have graceful flowers of various colors and beautiful leaves. They inhibit the growth of green algae. Plant these plants in flower baskets, which are placed on the recommended depth for each species (from 0.5 to 1.5 m). Water lilies prefer calm water, so keep them away from fountains and waterfalls. On 2 sq.m. Plant one plant. When the water lilies grow, they must be thinned out. Water lilies are the most popular water lilies: snow-white, tetrahedral, tuberous, fragrant, dwarfish, hybrid (combines all species and varieties of breeding nymphs of different shapes and colors).

Plant oxygenators enrich the water with oxygen, which is necessary for normal vital activity of fish and other living organisms. They restrain the growth of green algae, serve as food for fish. Such plants are planted in the form of bundles of stems, to which a pebble is tied and lowered to the bottom. They prefer sunny places. At 1 square. One-two bays are planted. As they grow, plants should be thinned. This species include: hornwort immersed, ordinary telerester, water urchin, elodea, buttercup watery, rdest curly, swamp (water star).