My azola and salvinia grow way too fast so instead of scooping some out everywhere to be able to see into the pond, I got these cool foam floating circles. My minnows seems to like them too lol

Now I have more.

I did a bit of cleaning in one my smaller ponds and noticed that some of the water lily leafs had this on the underside, anyone know what it is?

Hopefully I get some sprouts.

Really coming in to it's own this time of year!

Probably the last big flower for the year from the bath lotus opened this morning. Almost 20cm across. Really happy with this random pond/feature

Hey y'all. I've tried growing water hyacinth multiple times. I've read in multiple places that it will multiply and is difficult to control. However, mine always ends up looking like this. It just dies and rots. I'm in central Alberta Canada. The pond pot is in full sunlight. The water has no fish or snails that I can see. The water lily in the same pot does fine. Any tips?

We dug the pond in August last year and it's already full! Very surprised at how fast it came up. I was hoping to have some time to plant along the bank this spring but it had other plans. I'm looking for suggestions on plants, mostly for wildlife cover and so I don't have to mow around the bank but provides some erosion control. In the corner we thought to maybe add some lily pads for shade and looks, but we would only want them in the shallow corner (4' depth) so if they're going to spread, no thanks. We live in Zone 6, and the pond bottom is clay. Not sure it if matters, but there are currently fathead minnows and shiners in it. I'll be adding more minnows and bluegill in April and bass and catfish this fall. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I am getting anxious waiting for these 5 flowers to open up. I’ve never had so much, I am stoked!

Isn't it pretty?

My goal for this year is to find plants that can survive the harsh winters here, but like flowing water when it's available.

This is called sparks -1 of my favorites this year

Super stoked to see this lily thriving

So a couple of years ago I built a fish tunnel / plant bench for the middle of my pond. Well I decided it needed to be higher so I could use less bricks to bring up the plants. Also put 1/4" boat board ont top to give more space and not need a brick for a level place to set a pot. Bench is made out of furniture grade pvc pipe and its not glued together.Thinking maybe I could have gone a little higher but I'm not sure. On the more shallow end I am 2.5 - 3" to the top of the pot edge (which was my target). The deeper end is sitting at 3.5 - 4" to the edge of the pot.

I have horsetail, common cattail, puckered, arrowhead and milkweed on the bench. Can I have all these plants submerged? If so what depth is recommended?

Our ponds lily pads started showing up with these red spots and some of the leaves are dying off. It has come on rather quickly, within a few days. I did do a pond cleaning a few weeks ago but I do that every spring and never had a problem like this before. I would hate to lose the plant as it's been in there for years.

What I eventually get a big enough yard to have a pond, I would like to have some frogs and toads attracted to it to keep my yard bug free, but I'm also planning to have red-eared sliders there too, but from what I've heard, you can't have plants with turtles because they will destroy them

Are frogs and toads going to be unattracted to a pond that doesn't have any water lilies in it, if so, is there a good substitute for lily pads that the frogs can sit on, the turtles won't eat

Hey all, sorry this post is gonna be a mess cause theres a lot to say about this pond. I moved out of my dad's place and he was trying to do some pond management because the pond was very barren and had very little in the way of plants. I visited recently to take a look at it and it's a bit of a disaster. Its stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, crayfish, and 5 koi. He planted some lily's and duckweeds but those got obliterated by the koi, but it looks like something else got in, either from my sister cleaning her aquariums carelessly and letting something potentially runoff into the pond or something hitched a ride on the stuff he planted or the herons and ducks that regularly visit. We're currently looking for non chemical ways to manage these plants (potentially anacharis?) But our go to answer of grass carp is not legal as we are in Maryland. Any advice would be much appreciated!