Follow our tips for choosing the right plants to include in and around your backyard pond to add beauty and create a healthy, ...

Emergent plants are rooted to the bottom of the pond, but their stems and leaves stick out of the water. Marginal plants grow in damp conditions at the edges of ponds and can cope with rising and ...

and marginal plants are placed around the edges within the water, providing habitat and lots of interest,' she explains. 'A mix is important to keep the pond healthy.' 2. The brick-edged mini pond ...

Adding emergent plants will allow insects that start life in the water - such as dragonflies - to exit the pond when they are ready to transform into adults. Marginal plants around the damp edges of a ...

You can use virtually any watertight container for your mini pond. Old enamel sinks and stone troughs work well or choose a glazed ceramic plant pot with no hole. Once the pond is set up ...