new Wildlife pond any advice

[shei111]

When I bough 2 new pond plants this spring , when you buy them why are they alays bursting the sides to get out of the pot, I got to larger pots ordinary pots from your garden , I put 3 inches washed pea shingle in 3 to 4 inches top soil press firmly down got the pond plant put it in and topped the pot up with more pea shingle, gently sink in the pond and hey presto one happy plant done yourself without buying the" proper pond planter" plus there speical soil, save pounds doing it that way, my plants are thriving lovely, I had to take some plants out so I split some and re planted some for my son the same way, and his are doing very well. You can ecnomise with a lot of things making something up.Its not being tight but just practical shei