Adding Plants to Your Garden Pond

Tip: Planting Oxygenators

These vital plants release oxygen, absorb nutrients and obscure light, helping to keep the water clean and clear of green algae. Establish them in baskets on the pond shelves, before sinking them to the bottom. Avoid invasive types, like parrot's feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) and curly waterweed (Lagarosiphon major). Good oxygenators to choose include:

Water moss (Fontinalis antipyretica)
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Curled pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
Hart's pennyroyal (Mentha cervina)