Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Balance of plants in the environment cool floaters?

I found some pretty cool looking surface plants from this site;
http://www.aquabotanicstore.com This site has mostly aquarium plants, but they do have some harder to find pond plants from time to time, and they have special ordered marginals and lilies for me.

I was looking for somewhat unusual plants. Ludwigia sediodes is from south america, also called the Mosaic plant



I love the look of it! It is supposed to have nice yellow flowers too

I also got Orange Snowflake, Nymphoides hydrocharioides, wich is from Australia and has real nice orange flowers




I was considering getting the "sensitive plant" Neptunia aquatica



I like the looks of this as well. Does anyone have any experience with any of these plants, and how well did they do? I putting them mostly in barrell and container gardens.

I am more of a fan of native plants when planting ponds. Never done a barrel water garden, they may work in them if that is your thing...

Welcome to the Forum, plantlover.

Beautiful pics.

BTW, where'd you come up with that handle?

Be extremely careful if anyone orders plants for ponds. Beauty is only leaf deep.
Recreational ponds such as most of us have don't deserve exotic plants. Use native species of plants.
Our most invasive plants such as hydrilla, eurasian watermilfoil and water hyacinth came from from the ornamental or tropical fish industry.
Be careful, even if you plan to use containers.
It's one thing to use this stuff in a water garden, but totally different if you use it in recreational ponds.

I am less of a purist conserning native vs. exotic. Remember honeybees are imports from Europe. But do be careful that the plants are not invasive whether native or not. I think that the USDA has an online list of invasive plants along with the regions where they are invasive. One person's weed is another person's flower...

I have some catails left over from the coverted catfish ponds in may pond. Sparce now but I know they will multiply. I will have to watch them. I do have one sloped end of the pond that will only be about 1-2' feet deep before a drop off. I would like to plant something there. Are all the above suggestions good for an area as this?

Stick with native plants... The one's above are not native and could cause problems.

Thanks CJBS. will check with local authorities before I do anything

the authorities, that is just cracking me up

just who do you think you are talking to?

We are the authorities, plant native