Category Archives: Plant Health
Pontederia Cordata and Cultivars
Pontederia Cordata and Cultivars Also known as Pickerel Weed, Pontederia are native to the north continent of America, where they can be found growing in wide range of areas. From Canada down to the swamps of Louisiana, vast colonies can … Continue reading
Posted in Nature And Wildlife, Plant Health, Plant Profiles, Pond Design And Planting, Uses For Water Plants
Tagged aquatic plants, damsel flies, deep marginal plants, dragon flies, Encouraging Pond Life, filtration beds, healthy ponds, Marginal Plants, pickerel weed, Planting Marginal Plants, pond health, pond life, pond plants, ponds, pontaderia cordata alba, pontaderia lanceolata, pontaderia pink, pontaderia variegata, pontederia, pontederia cordata, pontederia dilatata, submerged aquatic plants, submerged plants, Water Gardening, water gardens, water plants
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Wildlife Ponds
Wildlife Ponds Everywhere in nature where you find fresh water, you will also find a diverse eco-system of wildlife. Lakes, Ponds, Streams, Rivers, Canals, Fens, Marshes, Dew Ponds and Mountain Tarns are home to thousands of animal and plant species … Continue reading
Posted in Nature And Wildlife, Plant Health, Uses For Water Plants
Tagged amphibians, apponogetons, bees, birds, blood worms, british aquatic plants, british native plants, british plants, british pond life, british pond plants, british pond plants native aquatic plants, british water plants, british wildlife, cadis flies, canals, china mark moths, Common Frogs, common toads, crane flies, creating wildlife ponds, dew ponds, dragon flies, dragon fly nymphs, ducks, eco system, fish, fresh water shrimps, grass snakes, greater crested newts, herons, hornwort, hover flies, hydra, invertebrates, lakes, leaches, lythrum salicara, mammals, Marginal Plants, marsh frogs, marshes, may flies, microscopic organisms, milfoil, mountain tarns, native aquatic plants, native plants, native pond life, native water plants, nuphars, palmate newts, pond life, pond snails, ponds, potentilla palustris, potomogeton, raft spiders, reptiles, rivers, smooth newts, spring tails, starwort, stickle backs, streams, water beetles, water boatmen, water crowfoot, water fleas, water fowl, Water Lilies, water scorpions, water shrews, water skaters, water voles, wildlife ponds
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Native Aquatic Plants of Britain
Native Aquatic Plants of Britain One of the things we have plenty of and contribute to our rich green isles, is rainfall. Plenty of rainfall means plenty of wet habitats for our wildlife forming lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, bogs, marshes … Continue reading
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Tagged amphibians mammals, anagalis tenella, aquatic, aquatic life, aquatic mint, aquatic plants, aquatic plants of britain, aquatic plants of britain and ireland, aquatic pond weeds, aquatic terrestial plants, aquatic weeds, aquatic wildlife, bog arum, bog gardens, bog lands, bog pimpernal, bogs, brandy bottle, british aquatic plants, british butterflies, british wildlife, brooklime, bullrush, bumble bees, butomus umbelatus, calla palustris, callitriche hamulata, callitriche stagnalis, callitriche verna, caltha palustris, canals, cardamine pratensis, carex pendula, carnivourous plants, Common Frogs, coots, cuckoo flower, curled pond weed, deep water plants, devils bit scabious, ditches, edible aquatic plants, Encouraging Pond Life, eupatorium canibinum, filipendula ulmaria, filtration beds phyto-filtration, filtration plants, flood plains, flooded woodlands, flowering rush, Frog Spawn, geum rivale, grass snakes, grasses and sedges, Healthy Pond Plants, healthy ponds, hemp agrimony, honey bees, hydrocotyl vulgaris, iris pseudacorus, king cups, lakes, lesser celendine, lychnis flos cuculi, Marginal Plants, marginal rush, marsh cinquefoil, marsh fitillary butterfly, marsh marigolds, marsh valerian, marsh woundwort, marshes, marshy grassland, meadow sweet, mentha aquatica, moorhens, mossy streams, myasotis palustris, native aquatic plants, native plants, norfolk broads, norfolk rush, nuphar luteum, ornamental ponds, oxygenating plants, pennywort, phragmites australis, plants of britain, pond balance, pond health, pond life, pond plants, pond weeds, ponds, potentilla palustris, potomogeton crispus, ragged robin, ranunculus aquatilis, ranunculus ficaria, reed beds, reedmace, reptiles, rivers, semi aquatic plants, sphagnum moss, stachys palustris, starwort, streams, submerged aquatic plants, submerged aquatic pond weeds, submerged plants, succisa pratensis, terrestial plants, true bog plants, typha angustifolia, typha latifolia, uses for aquatic plants, uses for pond plants, uses for water plants, valerian officinalis, veronica becabunga, water avens, water crowfoot, water forget me not, Water Gardening, water gardens, water mint, water plants, waterfowl, weeping sedge, wild bees, wildlife ponds, wildlife water gardens, woodland swamps, yellow flag iris
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Autumn Care of Pond Plants
Autumn Care of Pond Plants October and November are the best months to tidy up your pond or water-garden and, to put your plants to sleep for the winter. If the last few UK winters are anything to go by, … Continue reading
Posted in Plant Health, Water Testing
Tagged aquatic life, aquatic plants, autumn, autumn care for aquatic plants, autumn care for pond plants, autumn care for ponds, autumn care for water gardens, looking after your pond in autumn, Marginal Plants, plant life, pond care, pond plants, stagnant ponds, stagnant water, testing water clarity, toxins in ponds, toxins in water, uk winters, water garden care, water garden pond care, water gardens, Water Lilies, water plants, water testing, water toxins, winter care for pond plants
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