Marsh marigolds need a lot of moisture. They thrive best at the edge or in shallow water zones of a garden pond. It is good if they always keep their feet in the water. The water level is allowed to change, but the soil should never dry out. As a substrate, the plants need a nutrient-rich, heavy and humus-rich…
The water lettuce is a hungry heavy feeder with a tropical home that can help with pond cleaning in summer. Then it helps remove excess nutrients from the water and also reduces algae growth. But mussel flowers are not hardy here, they are removed from the pond in late summer, so there is no fear of a…
The creative design of the swamp and shallow water zone in the garden pond is a challenge even for imaginative hobby gardeners. It’s a good thing that Mother Nature gave us the hedgehog butt. The perennial, evergreen plant surprises with prickly spherical fruits in autumn, which from afar resemble a curled-up hedgehog. The sword-shaped, lanceolate leaves provide a…
The rough horn leaf is often used as a miracle weapon in the pond to free the water from excess nutrients and algae. It is considered an indispensable aquatic plant for filtering in ponds. In Europe, two species are of particular importance: Ceratophyllum submersum and Ceratophyllum demersum, also called horn leaf. The only difference between the two plants…
With heart-shaped leaves and blue spike flowers, pikeperch rounds off the bank planting at the garden pond and stream in an eye-catching way. Thanks to its vigorous growth, this decorative aquatic plant will not leave sandy-muddy flat areas up to 30 cm deep ungreened for long. Immigrated from the temperate regions of America, the distinctive water hyacinth…
In order for the garden pond system to function optimally, the water quality must be appropriate. This is the only way for living things to survive in the pond in the long term. Various elements contribute to this, for which the carbonate hardness in connection with the pH value are of great importance. What this is exactly, how…
Wonderful koi – beautiful to look at and of a respectable size, a new fish for your garden pond? Your child may even get to pet the koi, but there’s a lot to know about the species and how they’re kept. The koi carp Koi carp are called Koi because the human craze for shortcuts does…
A pond is a highlight for every garden. There are many different ways to create a pond. Laying out pond liner is one of them. Since a pond with foil can be designed very individually, this type of pond is very popular. A foil pond is also practical and can be created on your own. In addition, there is the…
If you want to enrich your garden pond with koi, you will find the noble fish with the shimmering scales in a salt tank in specialist shops. Coincidence? No, adding salt to the koi pond is a secret care tip. Even professional breeders from Japan, the country of origin of the fish, recommend adding salt. What are the benefits…
For many people, a garden pond is the “crowning glory of the home garden”. Certainly rightly so, as the pond brings life to the garden and makes the whole property appear a little “like a small park”. Not only children feel that a real garden pond is a home for pond fish that swim happily around in…