Keep pond algae at bay with barley straw pellets. Apply pellets every six weeks for best results. Algae tend to plague pond owners during the hot, sunny, calm part of the summer. Increased sunlight and rising water temperature create ideal conditions for aggressive algae growth. With a little [...]
Pond pumps are sized according to the number of gallons they can move in one hour. The best pond pumps are going to have a sizing chart to determine how many gallons of water per hour the pump can push at a particular height. One of the first steps in [...]
Cattails (Typha latifolia) have broad linear leaf blades with dense brown spike at the top. Cattails are great filter plants in a bog, stream or pond and are hardy to zone 3. Common Names: Cattail, Broadleaf cattail, Common cat-tail, broad-leaf cat-tail Scientific Name: Typha latifolia Sun Tolerance: Cattails do well [...]
Choosing the right pond pump for your pond, water garden or water feature can be overwhelming. There are external pumps that operate outside the pond and there are submersible pond pumps that operate in the pond under water. Among the submersible pond pumps are direct drive pumps, magnetic drive pumps [...]
Barley straw is a natural and inexpensive way to control algae growth in ponds and water gardens. If barley straw is not doing the trick, other pond management plans should be addressed to help you enjoy your pond more. Order online at our Amazon Store or call 585-394-5890 to make [...]
All water features and water gardens have some element of maintenance. The amount of maintenance depends on how you prefer your pond or water garden to look and what kind of nutrient load it has to handle. Nutrient loading comes from within the pond in the form of fish waste, [...]
Duckweed (Lemna minor) is one of nature's smallest flowering plants. Duckweed has tiny bright green disks and thrives in full sun to partial shade. Duckweed is a source of food for fish and as the name implies waterfowl. The small plant floats on the water's surface and is hardy to [...]
Nearly every commercial and residential development has at least one stormwater management or retention pond. Stormwater management ponds are designed to collect, store and purify water as it runs through the landscape from rainwater, snow melt or human water use. Properly maintained stormwater management ponds are beautiful additions to the [...]
Water plants provide numerous benefits to a backyard pond water garden. Water plants or aquatic plants take nutrients out of the water and put oxygen back into the water. Water plants also soften a pond's edge. The graceful transition from land to water also serves as erosion control along [...]
Pink, night blooming tropical water lily Aquatic plants, also known as water plants, bog plants or macrophytes are a diverse group in aquatic systems. They include floating species that grow on the surface of the water without rooting to the substrate. There are emergent species of aquatic plants [...]
