I bought many plants from ebay. Interestingly, that also brought some wildlife with it including a fish. Must have been an egg attached to one of the plants!
After watching your video I went out and bought some pond plants, they were on buy one get one free as well. Definitely the best time ! Water lettuce, Typha, Menyanthes and some of that stringy floaty stuff. Hopefully it will keep the fishes happy :) Thanks again for the videos !
yes I like a few loosestrites "little robert", firecandle, and robin are all nice i had a double pink one a few years ago but it did not come back, thinking about it, it was 2012 we had a bad winter and the pot was a block of ice for most or the December
@@ThePondAdvisor One of my other go-to plants is Mares Tail - Hippuris vulgaris. Can't recall if you've ever mention it in a vid? Also chives are one of my faves, sooo easy. Pickerell Weed I find very architectural.
@@creativecascades1328 o yes chives have your pond and eat it, i was detailing a wetland today and it had a self set parsley growing in the gravel. "Mares Tail - Hippuris vulgaris" i have a little bit of a problem with it, it's grows up from 1" all the way down to 2'. Its not easy to control if you pull it the root breaks, i love the plant however i plant them mainly in big or medium ponds however
This was really interesting Mark! Could you possibly do a video on plants surrounding the pond to soften up the rocks, I have used creeping Jenny, sedums and mind your own business,I'm going to try busy Lizzie's in my waterfall aswell as various bog plants but I'm sure you could introduce me to more. So what are the best plants to soften my pond edges?
William Wisniewski I tried the Busy Lizzies this year. I just thought the colours were too bright against my grey rocks. It looked unnatural. But those others I’m going to try.
Thanks mark !! great information video again, going to check my plants out now and have a look to see what's available locally. Does the frost or ice affect the plants in the ponds or should they be taken out !
its on the banned list now so you cant buy it, you can still get a couple of different elodea's via dutch growers, i love elodea. its a great oxygenator, shame we cant buy it now in the UK
@@atgcain Im not the pond advisor, but I believe it was classified as an invasive species. So it was banned because the risk that it may spread (accidentally or not) and damage native wildlife was too high, and it was better off to just ban it altogether.
@@ThePondAdvisor I do have some in a small wildlife pond which I break off and re plant into my goldfish pond. They do seem to like trying to pull it up every year lol.So it's not so invasive if you have goldfish around. But I just wondered will it help filter the water or is it more of just a oxygenator? Thanks again
Love your videos Mark , shame you wasn't nearer Eastbourne I'd love you to do a wildlife pond for me , I've not seen any firms near me that I like ,certainly not going by their galleries of ponds done , seems strange really
Thank you, feel free to reach out I might be able to point you in the right direction. I have a couple of contacts down your way, my personal email is mark@anypond.com
Hi, thanks for the video about pond plants....Please can you advise me about blanket weed in a bath size deep pond with shallow areas of stones and gravel. Have 12 fish, 3 foot deep ...tried powder and stick twirling which works for a week or so but then back it comes . Someone said shade is the key...What do you think🤔 many thanks for taking time to answer 🙏✨
Multi Clear Pond Treatment - will solve blanket weed, shade will block out light, if it’s from pond plants then great, if it’s from something else it’s not good
Thanks Mark for a great Video explaing pot plants and when to introduce them to my pond. I have just built a wayerfeature with a waterfall and a pond. I've still not decided whether I want to i troduce fish or not but but would like to know when I should get the fish after starting the waterfall.
Just installed my pond which won’t have fish, quite large 5m circle. It has a deep area in the centre and a shallower shelf around. The lining is in, should I put clean gravel in there on top of the lining or drop potted plants into it plus floating plants to get it going? I also put in a gentle slope ‘beach area to allow creatures to get in and out. Enjoyed the video, would welcome advice on next move. Keen to get going!
Having terrible problems with green algae and blanket weed in a pond with 2500 gallons of water complete with mechanical filter, chemical filter, UV clarifier and two water lilies. If you were to choose half a dozen plants to control algae in such a pond, what will they be?
yes yellow flag iris are great for medium and large ponds. They do filter the water perfectly one of the best. just would grow bigger than this small wildlife pond.
Hi Mark, Just a quick question last year I made my pond bigger and repotted my ancient water hawthorn. I did split it but the smaller split didn’t take and died so I planed a new one. They both thrived until a couple months ago when the big leafs seemed to suddenly die back on both of them. Then they seemed to sprout new leafs that are tiny. The old one seems to have stopped all together. Do you think the old one is dead and would it be to late in the year to plant a new one? Surface coverage is abit crap at the mo with only my lilly spreading and some water lettuce
The Pond Advisor yeah I lifted the pots out earlier and the big one has new shoots. The other one has loads of new growth but the leafs are tiny is that part of their normal cycle I can’t remember them ever doing it before lol
Thanks for the info. We have a green hair like weed matting the other pond plants. Is this likely to have come into the pond on a plant we bought? I have been pulling it out by hand.
Hi mark, I’m looking to add a fern to my pond set up. I have a small trickling stream around 4” deep with afternoon sun. Does that sound suitable ? Thanks
Detail (or design), zebra rush are a little bit of a tricky plant don’t beat yourself up if it does not do that well, if it likes the location it will be glorious but I have a battle like a lot of people with windy spots. Cut it back if it’s died back above the water.
Do I need to bring water lettuce in from a raised pond over winter ? I’m in Suffolk I’m so confused it’s almost November, I have 3 inch goldfish and underdeveloped plants in a raised pond. I think they are all going to die 😢
Hi Mark Looking at plants for a koi pond, to help reduce nitrates/nitrites...with the watercress, it doesn’t need to be planted in soil? Any help please
I have an oak barrel pond. Is there any plant which I can hang the roots in the upper water column (like an epiphyte) and the plant will grow over and down the outside of the oak barrels? Will the marsh marigold do this, or will the roots need to be planted into a substrate?
Hi Mark I’ve put a batch of ELODEA DENSA in raised pond but it looks like it might of died and tuned white. Is it dead and why has it turned white? Is there something wrong with the water you think?
I put my Hostas in the pond ll year and they love it
spot on
Does it take over
Purple loosestrife is a lovely plant I love seeing it growing along the canals where I walk my dog. Some lovely plants you have there
thank you
Can be invasive outside the UK. Lovely indeed though.
I bought many plants from ebay. Interestingly, that also brought some wildlife with it including a fish. Must have been an egg attached to one of the plants!
Plant Lover yes fish eggs often move around on plants.
EBay is a great place to sell un wanted pond plants. You can pick up some good bargains if you shop around
Thanks for the plant session
my pleasure
Love your passion for plants
Thank you, they are my favourite part of some ponds
After watching your video I went out and bought some pond plants, they were on buy one get one free as well. Definitely the best time !
Water lettuce, Typha, Menyanthes and some of that stringy floaty stuff. Hopefully it will keep the fishes happy :)
Thanks again for the videos !
thank you for watching, new video out tomorrow 9am
added a Golden Club ( Orontium aquaticum) to my mixed Fish pond this year for filtration and shade purposes, it's taken very well .
Little tip Mark, the Loosestrife variety called Robert is lower growing and not so invasive
yes I like a few loosestrites "little robert", firecandle, and robin are all nice i had a double pink one a few years ago but it did not come back, thinking about it, it was 2012 we had a bad winter and the pot was a block of ice for most or the December
@@ThePondAdvisor One of my other go-to plants is Mares Tail - Hippuris vulgaris. Can't recall if you've ever mention it in a vid? Also chives are one of my faves, sooo easy. Pickerell Weed I find very architectural.
@@creativecascades1328 o yes chives have your pond and eat it, i was detailing a wetland today and it had a self set parsley growing in the gravel. "Mares Tail - Hippuris vulgaris" i have a little bit of a problem with it, it's grows up from 1" all the way down to 2'. Its not easy to control if you pull it the root breaks, i love the plant however i plant them mainly in big or medium ponds however
First mark how are you
all good
Can you make another video of fall cleanup with plants
i have one or two
This was really interesting Mark! Could you possibly do a video on plants surrounding the pond to soften up the rocks, I have used creeping Jenny, sedums and mind your own business,I'm going to try busy Lizzie's in my waterfall aswell as various bog plants but I'm sure you could introduce me to more. So what are the best plants to soften my pond edges?
William Wisniewski I tried the Busy Lizzies this year. I just thought the colours were too bright against my grey rocks. It looked unnatural. But those others I’m going to try.
noted
Thanks mark !! great information video again, going to check my plants out now and have a look to see what's available locally. Does the frost or ice affect the plants in the ponds or should they be taken out !
hardy plants are fine, all these are hardy in the video
Do you recommend Elodea Crispa? Will help.keep the water clear?
its on the banned list now so you cant buy it, you can still get a couple of different elodea's via dutch growers, i love elodea. its a great oxygenator, shame we cant buy it now in the UK
@@ThePondAdvisor why is it banned ?
@@atgcain Im not the pond advisor, but I believe it was classified as an invasive species. So it was banned because the risk that it may spread (accidentally or not) and damage native wildlife was too high, and it was better off to just ban it altogether.
@@ThePondAdvisor I do have some in a small wildlife pond which I break off and re plant into my goldfish pond. They do seem to like trying to pull it up every year lol.So it's not so invasive if you have goldfish around. But I just wondered will it help filter the water or is it more of just a oxygenator? Thanks again
@@summerkoi7492 both, oxygen and filter plant
Love your videos Mark , shame you wasn't nearer Eastbourne I'd love you to do a wildlife pond for me , I've not seen any firms near me that I like ,certainly not going by their galleries of ponds done , seems strange really
Thank you, feel free to reach out I might be able to point you in the right direction. I have a couple of contacts down your way, my personal email is mark@anypond.com
@@ThePondAdvisor thanks Mark , I have saved your email address
Excellent content, thank you Mark. Will try some of these 🍻
sounds good
Hi I love your videos
Why does my elodea sink to the bottom ?
Do I need new stems ?
They add weights, take the weighs off.
Awesome information
Thank you
Hi, thanks for the video about pond plants....Please can you advise me about blanket weed in a bath size deep pond with shallow areas of stones and gravel. Have 12 fish, 3 foot deep ...tried powder and stick twirling which works for a week or so but then back it comes . Someone said shade is the key...What do you think🤔 many thanks for taking time to answer 🙏✨
Multi Clear Pond Treatment - will solve blanket weed, shade will block out light, if it’s from pond plants then great, if it’s from something else it’s not good
Thanks Mark for a great Video explaing pot plants and when to introduce them to my pond. I have just built a wayerfeature with a waterfall and a pond. I've still not decided whether I want to i troduce fish or not but but would like to know when I should get the fish after starting the waterfall.
Ranjan Adur not sure I understand, is you question “when should I add pond fish”?
Just installed my pond which won’t have fish, quite large 5m circle. It has a deep area in the centre and a shallower shelf around. The lining is in, should I put clean gravel in there on top of the lining or drop potted plants into it plus floating plants to get it going? I also put in a gentle slope ‘beach area to allow creatures to get in and out. Enjoyed the video, would welcome advice on next move. Keen to get going!
Did you watch the small wildlife pond video? The same garden?
ua-cam.com/video/V-sqqGPBHyw/v-deo.html
Planting pockets and beach area sounds on the right track, you can build planting pockets with potted plants as well.
Oh. I thought it might be a video on alpines surrounding the waterfall. Can you put that on your list ?
noted
Hi Mark. Thanks for your videos. I've got a very small wildlife pond. I'm talking 120cm x 80cm x 30cm deep. What oxygenators should i put in the pond?
Hornwort is a great pond plant
Can’t get hold of the moss mark where would you recommend is there shops online I could get it? Thanks
search out flower shops for moss and water plant sellers for willow moss
Having terrible problems with green algae and blanket weed in a pond with 2500 gallons of water complete with mechanical filter, chemical filter, UV clarifier and two water lilies. If you were to choose half a dozen plants to control algae in such a pond, what will they be?
Watercress it’s invasive if you let it get out of hand.
What about yellow flag for a wild life pond and would it help with filtering the pond water
I bought this. Doesn't necessarily filter the pond. For that you want submerged and oxygenating plants.
yes yellow flag iris are great for medium and large ponds. They do filter the water perfectly one of the best. just would grow bigger than this small wildlife pond.
It's the week after Easter and it's snowing here. Maybe I should wait until better weather.
Did you find anything yet
@ThePondAdvisor not yet. I called a few places and they said mid-May they should have stuff in.
Buy, haha I never spend money. But I get them.
Sounds like you have a great network
Hi Mark,
Just a quick question last year I made my pond bigger and repotted my ancient water hawthorn. I did split it but the smaller split didn’t take and died so I planed a new one. They both thrived until a couple months ago when the big leafs seemed to suddenly die back on both of them. Then they seemed to sprout new leafs that are tiny. The old one seems to have stopped all together. Do you think the old one is dead and would it be to late in the year to plant a new one? Surface coverage is abit crap at the mo with only my lilly spreading and some water lettuce
they grow opposite to water lilies so die back in the summer
The Pond Advisor yeah I lifted the pots out earlier and the big one has new shoots. The other one has loads of new growth but the leafs are tiny is that part of their normal cycle I can’t remember them ever doing it before lol
@@MGRudi yes mate
Thanks for the info. We have a green hair like weed matting the other pond plants. Is this likely to have come into the pond on a plant we bought? I have been pulling it out by hand.
Yes and no, maybe the spores are in the air
Hi mark, I’m looking to add a fern to my pond set up. I have a small trickling stream around 4” deep with afternoon sun. Does that sound suitable ? Thanks
I love ferns. There are a could aquatic ferns
@@ThePondAdvisor is 4” of water ok?
Have Dutch and zebra rush since April in a veg filter with some lovely growth. Do I trim them back? Any advice would be great. Thanks
The 4 Ds as a rule of thumb.
Dead. Dying. Diseased. Design. Thank you.
Detail (or design), zebra rush are a little bit of a tricky plant don’t beat yourself up if it does not do that well, if it likes the location it will be glorious but I have a battle like a lot of people with windy spots. Cut it back if it’s died back above the water.
They get sun most of day and well shaded from wind. So far so good 👍🏻
Do I need to bring water lettuce in from a raised pond over winter ? I’m in Suffolk I’m so confused it’s almost November, I have 3 inch goldfish and underdeveloped plants in a raised pond. I think they are all going to die 😢
These are tropicals “treat as annuals” or protect them.
I have just produced a video coving these look at our latest video “what to do with your pond in the autumn”
Hi Mark
Looking at plants for a koi pond, to help reduce nitrates/nitrites...with the watercress, it doesn’t need to be planted in soil?
Any help please
Correct no media is needed lots of fish Poo will feed the water cress.
Floating islands will be good, video coming soon
@@ThePondAdvisor
Thanks Mark
Look forward to it!!
Going to get one of those as well
Thanks 👍👍👍
I have an oak barrel pond. Is there any plant which I can hang the roots in the upper water column (like an epiphyte) and the plant will grow over and down the outside of the oak barrels? Will the marsh marigold do this, or will the roots need to be planted into a substrate?
Yes you can grow creeping plants over the edge I have used floating planters for best growth rates. The problem with barefoot is nutrients
@@ThePondAdvisor thanks for the knowledgeable reply 👍
@@ThePondAdvisor thanks for the knowledgeable reply 👍
Hi Mark
I’ve put a batch of ELODEA DENSA in raised pond but it looks like it might of died and tuned white. Is it dead and why has it turned white? Is there something wrong with the water you think?
temp
As you told in the video, Where is the link to "reed and rush"
Have a look at this video ua-cam.com/video/EPzIQIlbJAk/v-deo.html
Is chreeping jenny not dreadfully invasive? Just bought one now thinking ogf throwing it away
Not at all it’s a great ground cover plant easy to control the yellow one is better than the green version
Where are you based please?
Northamptonshire, UK
Screaming plants, take me out of this pot and feed me
Yes 👍🏻