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Tina  Send Tina a private message!


Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 08:08 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Just built a pond in my garden and was wondering if they are specific plants that can only be put next to a pond.

Also i have been having discussions with my friends about the pond lol Does the pond HAVE to be put all the way in to the ground so the lip is level with the ground?

Thanks for any help anyone can give me :-)

Tina

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Adavisus  Send Adavisus a private message!


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Posted on Friday, October 05, 2007 - 04:57 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Setting a pond at or below ground level can be a disadvantage, heavy rains may flood the pond with cloudy debris, during periods of heavy rain rising water tables may lift the pond liner...

Setting the pond six inches or more above ground level can cut out that hassle.

The ground outside the pond liner is going to be well drained, prone to drought in hot sunny weather.

Alpine plants which like well drained ground and cope with drought might be a safer bet

Regards, andy
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Posted on Friday, October 05, 2007 - 01:28 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Tina wrote on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 08:08 am:

Does the pond HAVE to be put all the way in to the ground so the lip is level with the ground?


I don't think so. The only concern with it being above the soil line would strictly be cosmetic. Many people put rocks or some kind of man-made materials around their above-ground ponds. Of course, I woul recommend plants as well, as Andy has described.

Lovinlife - Utah, Zone "5"
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Posted on Friday, December 07, 2007 - 09:23 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

There are so many types of plants you could plant around your pond. Sweet Woodruff, Lamium, Cannas, grasses, Irish Moss, Thyme, etc.

Karalyn Idaho Zone 6

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