What can a stream be properly planted with?
Unless the Stream with a pond connected, plants growing on and in the water can be used as natural filters - this is especially important when it comes to a fish pond. To do this, first guide the pond water out of the pond to the source of the stream, so that it can flow back over the stream from there. The aquatic plants remove superfluous nutrients from the water flowing through them (such as those from uneaten Fish food originate) and also enrich it with oxygen due to the resulting turbulence at. However, they do not replace the pond filter, because the brook planting only works as a supplement.
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Aquatic plants
For example, the following species are suitable for flowing, shallow bodies of water - including a stream. It is best to plant them in a planting sack filled with substrate, which you integrate into the course of the stream at the desired location.
- BrookHonorary award (Veronica beccabunga): ideal for the riparian zone, ground cover, pretty sky-blue flowers
- Umbellate swan flower (Butomus umbellatus): umbellate inflorescence with large, red and white single flowers
- Narrow-leaved cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium): pretty, white fluffy flowers, but needs peaty, boggy soil
- English water mint (Preslia cervina): grows in loose clusters, pretty purple inflorescence
- Forget-me-nots (Myosotis palustris): numerous small, blue flowers
- Heart-leaved frog spoon (Alisma parviflorum): is particularly suitable for water purification due to its high nutritional requirements
- Burning buttercup (Ranunculus flammula): pretty yellow flowers, needs boggy soil
- Pennywort (Lysimachia nummularia): works well as a ground cover for bank areas, pretty yellow flowers
Bank planting
Plants that like moisture but do not need waterlogging are particularly suitable for the pleasant planting of the bank area. In particular, pretty flowering plants as well as reeds and other grasses come into their own in this environment. For example, the following types are suitable:
- Gunsel (Ajuga reptans): native ground cover with pretty purple flowers
- Lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis): clumpy growth, light yellow flowers
- Wasserdost (Eupatorium cannabinum): clumpy growth, with reddish flowers
- Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria): feathery, white flowers, important food plant for insects
- Japanese sword lily (Iris ensata): very pretty flowers
- Meadow sword lily (Iris sibirica): very pretty flowers
- Knotweed (Polygonum bistorta): for near-natural planting
- CuckooLight carnation (Lychnis floscuculi): native wildflower
Tips
Do not plant the stream too densely, otherwise the natural character will be lost and the plants will overgrow the stream bed. Furthermore, the number of plants must be selected to match the amount of water so that the stream does not fall dry.
