Lawns and Gardens

There’s a good reason to pick out oxygenating pond plants to place into your garden pond. Oxygenating pond plants not only help absorb nutrients to keep the water fresh and clean but they also help provide oxygen for the pond’s fish and aquatic creatures. Pond plants are also beneficial for helping to keep the growth of algae in check.

Oxygenating pond plants carry out the process of photosynthesis during daylight hours. If you look closely at these plants in the water, you can see tiny oxygen bubbles being released. These plants take in carbon dioxide and water during the day, which is transformed into energy and oxygen by the plants. This oxygen is beneficial to helping fish breathe in addition to enabling the good bacteria living in the pond filter to transform ammonia waste materials in the pond into less toxic nitrites and nitrates. Without oxygenating pond plants in the water, a pond could quickly become toxic thanks to the build up of dangerous chemicals in the water.

Because oxygenating pond plants will grow bigger once planted, it’s important not to overplant your pond. A good rule of thumb is one Water Lily, two bunches of oxygenating plants and one bog plant for every 10 square feet of water.

Oxygenating pond plants are usually rootless plants that, unlike water lilies, are totally submerged in the water. Hornworts, Water Violets, Elodea Densa, Water Crowfoot and Parrots Feather are among the most popular oxygenating pond plants. They will usually float around the water, and sometimes can take root in any soil at the bottom of the pond. To prevent oxygenating pond plants from not staying submerged, you can attach sinking weights or stones to keep them fully submerged in the water.

There are additional benefits to adding oxygenating pond plants to any water garden. These plants provide a natural cover for the aquatic life that protects them from being seen by such predators as birds, in addition to offering a protected area for spawning grounds for fish, frogs and tadpoles.

Ask your supplier of garden pond plants about using plant baskets, plant holders and plant bags to help the oxygenating pond plants you select thrive and flourish once they have been submerged and anchored in your pond.

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