SMB do not compete well with LMB in ponds. Otherwise, SMB would do just fine... If you are going to subscribe, when you call Pond Boss headquarters, ask for the current issue and the one before that. Pond Boss allows you to order as many of the back issues as you like. Those issues are the first two parts of a 4 part series on SMB in ponds and will really help you do things to help SMB out. There are things you can do to allow SMB to successfully spawn in ponds. If you do have LMB present, you'll have to stock advanced fingerlings each year or the SMB will slowly disappear...
As far as submerged aquatic vegetation species to plant in your pond, I'd recommend:
corkscrew eel grass
eel grass
American pondweed
Illinois pondweed
Sago pondweed
As far as emergent plants for around the pond edge, I'd recommend:
Acorus americana, Sweetflag
Carex histricina, Porcupine Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea, Fox Sedge
Dulichium arundinaceum, Dwarf Bamboo
Eleocharis obtusa, Spike Rush
Iris fulva, Copper Iris
Iris prismatica, Blue Iris
Iris versicolor, Blue Flag Iris
Orontium aquaticum, Golden Club
Peltandra virginica, Arrow Arum
Pontedaria cordata, Pickerelweed
Sagittaria latifolia, Duck Potato
Sparganium americanum, Lesser Bur-Reed
Sparganium eurycarpum, Greater Bur-Reed
