Advice on plants for a Garden Pond

[john4760]

I will hopefully putting a pond in my garden this week,what can i do with the soil from the hole i am about to dig,i have thought of a rockery any other ideas?
Regards
John

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by john4760

I will hopefully putting a pond in my garden this week,what can i do with the soil from the hole i am about to dig,i have thought of a rockery any other ideas?
Regards
John

When we built our pond we intended to make a rockery from the soil dug from the hole.

However, we just ended up with a large pile of bricks and a rather unattractive mound of clay. We also dug up large amounts of broken glass, broken pottery, a clay pipe, a few bones and several oyster shells.

Hopefully your soil is a bit better

[john4760]

[quote=Tiggrx;157656]When we built our pond we intended to make a rockery from the soil dug from the hole.

However, we just ended up with a large pile of bricks and a rather unattractive mound of clay. We also dug up large amounts of broken glass, broken pottery, a clay pipe, a few bones and several oyster shells.

Hopefully your soil is a bit better[/QUOTE
My soil is also clay but i thought about adding some compost(home made)to this ,and also some sharp grit,to break up the clay.
Regards
John

[andyrox]

Originally Posted by paulchandler6

Thanks for that. The plants I've ordered are Hornwort, Hemp Agrimony, Water Mint, Lesser Spearwort, Amphibious Bistort and Water Forget-me-not. I'll give the Lily a miss. Cheers

Can I ask where you ordered them from? I'm also in South Oxfordshire.

Andy

[paulchandler6]

Originally Posted by andyrox

Can I ask where you ordered them from? I'm also in South Oxfordshire.

Andy

Will PM you with details.

Paul

[m1.carson]

Hi,

You could try building up the edges of the pond to make it deeper, with a marshy area for creepies to enter and exit it.

Max.