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Pond plantsWater enhances any garden, and there are a wide range of aquatic plants that will thrive when submerged in a pond. We spoke to expert grower Linda Smith at BBC Gardeners' World Live 2009, who recommended 10 of the best plants for garden

I have at last made a small garden pond, it is intended for the wildlife, at great expense I have bought 3 marginal plants to put in it but am really confused about how to plant them. Am recently made jobless so expenditure a major problem ! I would

by blackspot or rustSet up automatic watering systems for potted plants when going on holidayTop up water levels in ponds and aquatic featuresAround the gardenDeadhead flowers of lady's mantleWater camelliasBuy bulbs for autumn plantingFlowersPick plums

are much cheaper but how do I give them the best start? £7 a go is about twice what I'd expect to pay - my local aquatic centre sells most of them at £3.49. Pond plants often go short of iron, particularly if they're submerged and not potted into the right

studies in several countries have shown that it does leach out of soil into nearby water courses and this can affect aquatic plants and thus habitats.  Great care must be taken when using it near water courses. Glyphosate is licensed for use in water

all very nice these native pond plants but where in east yorkshire can you find them, no one seems to stock them around here and i'm too old and disabled to go raking around in ditches!! rosad1 In ponds it is important to use native plants because

wild life pond into my indoor tank which has gold fish? Pondlife? Try pond related forum in this section or go to the wildlife section! Try an aquatics shop/ pet shop with a fish section as they should know.. U need to identify plants 1st I would have

've never found the buttercups to be a problem. I don't think I've ever noticed buttercups trying to colonise the pond. Buttercups like damp conditions, but they are not aquatic plants.I'm wondering how a buttercup would operate in water. Does it float

and would like to group several tulip bulbs again. Should I be taking these bulbs up every year and what else could I plant to continue the early spring garden before the tulips make an appearance in late April? One solution is to plant tulips in aquatic

oxygen levels in the water so frogs and other wildlife can still breathe when the pond is frozen over. But there are so many plants to choose from, and - as Horticulture Week pointed out - to date many aquatic plant suppliers are still selling invasive