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Description

These pond plants are ideal for planting up a new pond or adding to an existing one. They are all marginals, so they are happy in shallow water or in boggy pond edges. For best results, plant them up into mesh sided pond containers using aquatic compost.

This Pond Plant Collection includes 1 x 9 cm of each of the following varieties:

Calla palustris: Large leaves and white flowers, similar to arums. H25 cm x W60 cm.
Pontedereia cordata: Upright leaves and bright blue flowerheads. H1 m x W50 cm.
Typha latifolia: The bulrush, with long arching leaves and brown seed heads. H2.5 m x W50 cm.
Butomus umbellatus: Grassy leaves and scented pink flowers. H1.2 m x W50 cm.
Caltha palustris: Round foliage and golden yellow flowers. H40 cm x W40 cm.
Eriophorum angustifolium: Narrow leaves with fluffy flowerheads. H50 cm x W1 m.

Top Tips

When planting, if you don�t have shelves in your pond for the pots to be placed on, they can be stood on bricks to raise them up to the correct height.

Care Information

You can plant up your pond at any time of the year, although the best time for most pond plants is late winter to early spring, just as they're starting into new growth.
Plants are best planted into special aquatic containers which have mesh sides to allow water and oxygen to get to the roots of the plant. This will help restrict the growth of the plants and makes looking after them easier.
Use specialist aquatic compost as this is low in certain nutrients so will not encourage algal growth.
To help anchor the plant in place, add a layer of stones to the bottom of the container. Once the plant is in its new container, cover the top of the compost with a thin layer of grit to prevent the soil floating out when you submerge it.
Water the pot well to settle it.
Place the filled container into your pond at the correct depth - if you don�t have shelves in your pond, stand the pots on bricks to raise them up to the correct height.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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