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Aquatic Plants
Aquatic plants, also known as hydrophytic plants, are plants which have adapted to living in or on aquatic environments. Due to these adaptations, aquatic plants can only live in water or in permanently wet soil. Plants in garden ponds help reduce algae growth in ponds and add oxygen to the water. Oxygenating aquatic plants are important to a pond's oxygen levels and cannot live out of water. They are either rooted in the mud or float rootless below water level. Aquatic plants tend to improve the appearance and environmental aspects of a garden pond.
One of the most popular plants for garden ponds are water lilies due to their attractiveness and sturdiness in most weathers. Aquatic plants should be planted into specially designed baskets, which contain specially formulated compost. It is important to use fertilizers that have been made specifically for pond plants and should be low in phosphorous and nitrogen. Aquatic plants that are set at the shallow margin sides of a pond are called marginal plants. They can be planted using coir and soil and pebbles should be placed on the mat to keep it submerged. Some pond fish nibble at the plants so it is best to keep the soil covered. Some plants are rooted in the mud and become partly submerged.
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