Water Gardening: How many ponders are out there ?? List your names - Update!, 1 by KaperC

KaperC wrote:
DH has just started our pond - it's his project, but I have final say on the plants! It's meant to be a natural pond, no pump or waterfall (I know, I know...). He had one in England, but then he wasn't dealing with the sun exposure this one will have. We've visited a local nursery that has similar ponds and they use valesneria for oxygenating their ponds - has anyone used this? Their ponds are lovely so we are hoping to get some plants there and a little advice, too.

At any rate, we planted some native rushes a couple of days ago to christen it - we had a plant that was overgrown in another area, so we split some off. The slope on the left hand side of the pond will be planted in native roses to form a thicket. We want to keep things relatively low on the other side so we can see what's going on from the house.

Glad there are lots of ponders here at Dave's, we'll probably be crying for help soon!

Cheers,
Kathleen