Apart from the environmental benefits of adding a pond ... plants such as the Saururus chinensis or Chinese lizard tail. This perennial grows 12-36 inches tall and boasts papery green leaves with ...

Though ugly, they prevent the pond from getting stagnant and murky. Dimmock uses marginal plants on planting shelves around the edge of a pond ... thick tubular leaves with black horizontal ...

These will have all their leaves showing, just their roots submerged so these are placed on the shallower shelf at the edge of the pond. The type of plants ... the white arum lily (Zantedeschia ...

Native aquatic plants improve the health of your pond ... white flowers for nectar. Golden canna and alligator flag host the Brazilian skipper, a native butterfly. Prepare to lose a few leaves ...

It is shallow and includes a sandy, gravelly beach along one edge. They were shocked when an immature bald eagle perched on a snag above the pond and hung around for half a day. They often have ...

Once the pond is set up, it's easy to look after. The plants will help to keep the water crystal clear, because their leaves shade out the light that causes green algae to grow. In fact ...

These will have all their leaves showing, just their roots submerged so these are placed on the shallower shelf at the edge of the pond. The type of plants ... the white arum lily (Zantedeschia ...