Thanks again Bill.
I was wondering if there were any opinions on my idea for plant placement. As I understand it, the plants I am striving for will not grow in deep (over 6') water. So that leaves me with a couple of options at this point.
As you can see, my pond has a naturally shallow section due to ledge that could not be removed, and a section that was free of ledge that was excavated quite deeply:
By sheer chance, the section of ledge is where the majority of surface water will be channeled:
So I can use this section exclusively for water plants, leaving the other slopes somewhat steep. Or I can ease the slopes elsewhere and try to create more shallow areas for plants.
One advantage of having lots of plants clustered where the surface water enters is the potential benefit of having the plants filter the incoming water before it heads to the rest of the pond. But will this be enough planted area? Will it be too concentrated? Will proper aeration cause enough of a mix of nutrients that one heavily planted "plant station" will cast its benefits throughout the pond?
We are getting closer to completion, so if I need to incorporate more area for plants, I had better do it soon.
And given the varieties Bill suggests, is there an optimum depth for these species to thrive? What should be my goal, both over the ledge and if necessary, in other sections, for water depth for best plant results?
Thank you all again for your invaluable advice.
And HEY! I think I finally have Photobucket figured out, thanks to F n' C!
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