Water Plants

Deep Water Plants are those that have there roots planted in soil at the very bottom level of the pond. There leaves and flowers float at the water surface helping shade and help control algae. Also they provide the fish with a place to hide and spawn in addition to cooling the water on hot days.

Marginal Plants can either be directly in the water just outside the waters edge where the soil is moist. Marginal plants thrive in shallow water or very moist soil with there stems, leaves and flowers growing above the water surface. The main purpose of the Marginal plant is ornamental but they do however create shade which aids in reducing algae as well as shelter for fish, frogs, and the many other pond dwellers. The flowers are also said to produce desirable food for certain birds and insects.

view a selection of marginal plants here

Floaters or otherwise known as oxygynatiors are plants that grow free floating along the water surface. The term “oxygynators” comes from this class of plants actually releasing oxygen into the water while actively growing during the day. These plants compete with algae for nutrients helping reduce the amount of algae in you pond in addition to also providing shade and shelter and food for fish and other pond dwellers. There are also those plants that can be considered submerged floaters that have fine feathery underwater foliage and rooted in the soil at the bottom of the pond.

Deep 1/4

Mid-depth - 1/3

Shallow - remainder

This image shows a pond that Ananda designed and installed. The photo was taken a couple of years after the installation when the plants and ecosystem had been able to mature and stabilize

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