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Eleocharis Acicularis (hair grass)
Eleocharis Acicularis (Hair Grass) This is one of my favourite versatile water garden plants. Also known as Needle Spike Rush, Hair Grass is attractive and adaptable to a large range of different...
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Grey Herons
Grey Herons Latin name Ardea Cinerea, grey Herons are large water birds that are native to the UK. However, they have a larger distribution and can be found throughout Europe, Asia and Africa. Herons...
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Filipendula Ulmaria-Meadow Sweet
Filipendula Ulmaria-Meadow Sweet Filipendula Ulmaria, also known as Meadow Sweet, Queen of the Meadow, and Meadwort is a perennial herb that is widespread and native to the UK, and can be found...
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Lythrum Salicara Attracting Bees and Pollinators
Lythrum Salicara Attracting Bees and Pollinators If you want to attract Bees and other pollinating insects to your water garden, I would strongly recommend introducing Lythrum Salicara (common name...
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Attracting British Amphibians to your Water Garden
Attracting British Amphibians to your Water Garden One of the main attractions when creating a water feature in our gardens is, the hope that we will attract that lovely and sometimes comical,...
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Callitriche-For Oxygenating and Attracting Newts
Callitriche – For Oxygenating and Attracting Newts Callitriche is a submerged aquatic but also terrestrial plant that grows under water to a water depth of 60 cm. It adapts to growing in shallow and...
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Persicaria Amphibia-Amphibious Bistort
Persicaria Amphibia – Amphibious Bistort Persicaria Amphibia also known as Polygonum Amphibian, is a terrestrial native plant that can be found growing wild all over the UK. It thrives as a deep...
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Moorhens
Moorhens For those of you that are lucky enough to be proud owners of larger areas of water, there is a water bird that you should welcome with open arms should you be lucky enough of course, if they...
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New Iris Louisiana Cultivars
New Iris Louisiana Cultivars About 7 years ago, I started a collection of Iris Louisiana. Importing live plants is a tricky procedure that involves a lot of time, effort, money and red tape but, as...
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Water Hyacinths and Water Lettuce
Water Hyacinths and Water Lettuce I have written many articles on both of these free floating, tropical plants and I thought I should just remind you all that they are not frost hardy, and so for that...
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Sagittaria Species and Cultivars
Sagittaria Species and Cultivars Also known as Duck Potato, Swamp Potato and Arrowhead, Sagittaria are true shallow and deep water marginal plants that are common in the wild throughout the Northern...
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Caddis Flies
Caddis Flies The Latin name for Caddis Flies is Trichoptera and there are over 7000 species worldwide and around 200 species in the UK. Caddis Flies can be found almost anywhere where there is fresh...
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Pond Plants to suit all your needs When it comes to planting up your pond or water garden, knowing where to start can be a daunting task. There are a lot of factors to consider when selecting the...
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Pond planting in the autumn
Pond planting in the autumn For any type of gardening, the planting is the process before the reward, so this makes Autumn a very good time to plant certain types of pond plants as they will already...
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Pond Planting Explained for Beginners
Pond planting explained for Beginners The only difference between adding plants to your pond or water garden compared to planting up borders in your back garden is WATER, and the thing that seems to...
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How to Attract Dragonflies with Glyceria Maxima
How to Attract Dragonflies with Glyceria Maxima Dragonflies are simply amazing to see. These giant winged insects swoop and dart around at great speeds whilst they catch smaller insects to eat...
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The Common Names of Marginal Pond Plants Exsplained
The Common Names of Marginal Pond Plants Explained The vast majority of ‘common pond plant’ names are self explanatory. For example ‘Flowering Rush’ is a rush that flowers and ‘Cotton Grass,’ is...
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Oenanthes for Wild and Formal Pond Planting
Oenanthes for Wild and Formal Pond Planting There are many species of Oenanthes that grow wild in various wetland habitats. They can be found in water meadows, streams, ditches, marshes, rivers,...
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Tame Grey Herons
Tame Grey Herons Last January I wrote and put live a article on my website on the life of Grey Herons, all the photos in the article were of a very tame Heron that has become friends with my brother...
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Growing Water Lilies in Containers
Growing Water Lilies in Containers When we think of Water Lilies, we tend to think of village ponds and lakes. Water Lilies come in all different sizes and there are dozens of small Water Lily...
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