No plant shelves on your pond? No problem!How to create shade and interest with pond plants, without risk of the fish eating/digging up your plants too.These floating planters by PondXpert offer a unique solution. They are kept suspended on the surface by a polystyrene ring/square. The fabric membrane which contains the soil hangs under the surface, allowing water to keep the soil wet without clouding up the pond. This makes them perfect for marginal plants - the roots are kept wet and the foliage is always above the water surface.Items needed to create a floating plant island:PondXpert Floati..

It’s February, and all the lovely colourful, tall and bushy plants that were placed in around the pond last year are nowhere to be seen, the beds are bare and the baskets only show gravel - sound familiar? In the UK there are very few true evergreen pond plants because the overwhelming majority of our native plants all reduce back to their roots/tubers for self-preservation over the long winter months. However, we cannot ignore that winters are becoming milder and we are seeing many of the “semi-evergreen” pond plants retaining their foliage. It is worth considering adding a combination o..

We've had a HUGE stock up of pond plants for the weekend. Loads of lilies, marginals, oxygenators and floating plants all ready for sale.Check out these huge Water Soldiers (Stratiotes aloides)! Marginal plants looking amazing right now:Giant Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata lanceolata)White Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata alba)Egyptian Paper Rush (Cyperus papyrus)Powdery Aligator Flag (Thalia dealbata)Mimulus Cupreus "Red Emperor"Star Grass (Dichromena colorata)Water Spearmint (Peslia cervina) in white & pinkLOADS of Hornwort (Ceratophyllum dermersum) oxygenator now in stock too.O..

Why Choose Native Plants?The broad spectrum of pond visiting wildlife have been here long before we as humans started bringing different plants from overseas for visual appeal. Quite simply, numerous insects and amphibians have evolved to make best use of these plants for their lifecycles. Pond plants generally fall into five main categories; oxygenators, marginals, deep water, floating and damp ground/bog plants. Each of these serve a vital purpose in the ecosystem of a pond, with variety being key to having a well-balanced pond. Oxygenators do exactly as they say, but also filter impu..

Here at Wayside Water Gardens we will shortly be launching our new range of online aquatic plant sales. Marginal plants in 9cm pots, Water Lilies in 1lt pots, loose bunched Oxygenating plants and Floating plants. With new plants arriving this week, click on the link below to see our current availability.Online plants..