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Planting Pond Plants!
We purchased a variety of water plants from Maryland Aquatic Nurseries. Hardy lilies, shallow water pond plants and flowering verticals, all planted in very small pots used for retail. Without a thought, we just placed all of those hardy lilies, strong verticals and shallow water plants anywhere we could find a free spot. 
A good choice for oxygenating pond water is a Coontail, (also described as Ceratophyllum demersum). This water plant must be tied in bunches and anchored or it would get sucked into the submersible pump. (We didn’t have a skimmer than). 
To cover the surface, we also dumped into the pond bunch of Duck Weed (Lemna) and Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes).Wow! The pond water plants were everywhere and it made our pond look wonderful. But it was short lived! It didn’t take us long to find out that planting pond plants the way we did would give us all kinds of problems. Now, instead of enjoying our pond, I am forced to do daily maintenance. I didn’t like it and needed to get an advice from Dick Schuck, on planting pond plants effectively. To establish the eco-balance, the right amount of sunlight must enter the water, he advised. Therefore, we would have to keep no more than 60% of pond’s surface covered with plants. To achieve this, pond water plants need to be placed in generous grouping rather than a random placement! Place lilies in groups of 3 to 5 various size pots throughout the pond. Let also assume you have some Iris, Arrow Arum, Parrot Feather and Pickerel. Follow the same pattern and place each kind in own groups, however, the taller ones are placed toward the back of the pond and lilies and smaller plants to the front. This is the best concept for planting pond plants. Tip: While planting pond plant, the use of squat, shallow planting containers where plants can multiply to form a significant mass of foliage, will help accomplish the objectives. A well planted pond is the pond that has quality pond water plants that are planted in good garden top soil in generously sized planting containers and adequately fertilized. Learning to make right plant choices isn’t a rocket science. This was the final suggestion of the day. Just because the plant has a flower or a pretty color, it may not be the right choice for the best overall effect. Many plants of considerable value are passed-up because they don’t have colorful flowers. Some of the best landscapes, by the way, contain very little color. Dick gave me written instructions I follow to this day which I am now allowed to share it with you:
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