A Lily Pond | Waterlilies marginals and other aquatic plants

A lily pond once seen is never forgotten.

A most famous lily pond is in the Pampelmous water gardens in Mauritius. It's time to get your own lily pond. Lower on thsi page is lots of information on water lily plants and other aquatic plant types

A lily pond is easy to build since they do not like running water and therefore waterfalls are normally not installed. A lily pond also needs somewhat deeper water. Since a water lily pond is normally planted with other water plants that enjoy different levels of planting then liner ponds designs are ideal.

A lily pond usinga pondliner is able to be designed to suit larger volumes and irregular or regular shapes with as many planting shelves as required. Calculating irregular shaped ponds is easily achieved using the FREE pond calculators which you get when you buy any one of my books ... click the link to see the books about water gardening and pond keeping. *****

The diagram opposite shows how a water lily pond might look in cross section - notice shelves for planting and notice these are at differen depths to suit different aquatic plants. Some of these pond plants float and others oxygenate the lily pond water

To create water your lily pond using pond liners simply dig the hole to suit your requirements. Remember to include all the planting shelves you want and vary their widths as well as depths.

Once the hole for your lily pond is complete ensure the base is covered with newspaper, fine sand, old carpet or similar materials to prevent sharp stones coming into contact with the rubber or plastic material.

Where to buy pond plants on-line at good prices

Refer to the page on pond liners to calculate size of pond liner required to give you the correct size lily pond. Once the liner has been laid the pond edging would need to be finished off in your preferred way using stone, slate, brick or even wood. When you are ready to plant your lily pond just follow the links above.

The essential ingredients, aquatic plants for ponds

There are a several sorts of ingredients or types of plant to choose from that will be used to plant out different levels or depths in the pool. There needs to be a representative selection of plants from each type to help with the balancing act in the pool, and as each type of plant takes up its role in the new environment they will provide a welcome home for any fish you subsequently add to your pool.

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