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Pond Plants
Why pond plants?
Pond plants are a stunning addition to any water garden or water feature - not only do they enhance the natural beauty of your pond, but they also play an essential role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem and environment for your pond and its inhabitants.
Pond plant types
From marginal plants and oxygenators to floaters, bog plants and stunning water lilies, our pond plant collections have been carefully selected and can be combined to suit different pool sizes and types.
A Guide to Pond Plants
Aquatic pond plants really bring a pond to life - not only do they greatly enhance the natural beauty of your pond, but they also play an essential role in maintaining the health of its water and inhabitants.
Step By Step Guide To Planting Pond Plants
Follow our step by step guide to successfully planting or replanting pond plants. Before we start, we will answer a few frequently asked questions.
Choosing pond plants
All our water plants are clearly labelled to show the height they attain, their spread and the depth of water they prefer, meaning you can confidently choose the right plants to bring your water garden or feature to life.
Where to buy pond plants?
At World of Water we stock an extensive range of pond plants both online and near me at one of our uk stores to help you to create the pond or feature. Buying from World of Water will guarantee the highest quality pond plants, direct from our UK growers. Mature pond plant specimens can also be seen in our show gardens at most of our UK stores.
Planting guide
Read our step by step guide to planting ponds with useful tips on what plants require for the best results, easy plants guide or for expert advice from one of our team and to see pond plants for sale "near me"
How many pond plants and where to plant?
Pond plants can establish very quickly, however you need to plant enough to create a balanced ecosystem, especially if you're adding any fish as they play as massive part in maintaining the ponds health. Take a look at our useful guide on how many and pond planting positioning.
| Pond Surface Area | 2m2 | 4m2 | 6m2 | 8m2 | 10m2 | 12m2 |
| Water Lilies | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Deep Marginal | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Marginal Plants | 8 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 36 |
| Oxygenating Bunches | 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 75 | 90 |
| Floating Plants | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
Pond Plants Groups
To make selection easy we have split the pond plants we sell into easy to follow groups, generally based around the depth they can be planted or their purpose such oxygenating or for easy selection we have group native plants, or pond plant collections for a one stop plant selection for you pond as listed
Pond Plant Collections | Water Lilies | Deep Water Plants | Bog or Marsh Plants | Marginal Plants | Oxygenating Plants | Floating Plants | Native Pond Plants | Pond Molluscs (Pond Snails & Mussels)