No garden pond without plants
With your own pond in the garden you create a calm and life-giving water oasis. But not only the wet element itself has a tremendously enhancing character for the garden - one The right jewelery value and, above all, a livelihood for numerous animal species is what creates Planting. In addition, with the right selection of plants in a suitable pond base, you can also get a completely natural and free wastewater treatment plant for the pond water!
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The planting functions again at a glance:
- Jewelry value
- Habitat for animals
- Natural water treatment plant
What is the priority?
As you can see, there are many interests in garden pond planting - and their priorities are against each other when creating the pond to weigh up.
More chic, less organic
If the ornamental value of your pond is the top priority for you, you should perhaps rather Select unusual, possibly exotic plants and take measures to preserve the Grab the planting structure. This includes, for example, placing vigorous species such as the sweet flag in plant baskets. This will prevent them from spreading uncontrollably and messing up the plant arrangement.
Pond plants, which look particularly attractive due to their flowers and / or leaves, are, for example, the swampIris, the false calla, the algae fern, papyrus and of course the elegant lotus.
If you concentrate primarily on the visual decoration of the pond systems and less on that If you want to maintain the balance of the water environment, it is advisable to use a filter pump system integrate.
More organic, less chic
You care more about a valuable, self-functioning one Biotope When choosing and arranging plants, you should pay attention to the plant functions in the respective pond depth zones. In this way you attract friendly, interesting and useful animal guests and do not have to worry about the balance of the water environment. Such a natural pond can still be made attractive.
So that it regulates itself completely by itself, a certain size and depth are important. A stable biotope can only develop in a basin with sufficient water volume and different depths. As a rule of thumb, a surface of at least 6 m² and a depth of about 1.20 m at the deepest point apply. Create different levels of depth for the plants so that they can fulfill different functions.
The lowest zone, the swamp zone, is mainly planted with plants that give support and structure, such as the common swamp rush or reeds. The next deeper, about 1/3 of the total area, the shallow water zone of 20 to 60 cm depth is intended for the important cleansing marsh plants. Here, nutrient-consuming, oxygen-giving and thus algae-avoiding species such as calamus, Rushes, Frog spoon or angel flask. The deepest central zone is ideal for decorative Species of water lilies or other types of floating leaves such as the pond mummel or the sea can.