When to plant a pond ?

Customers ask us - "When can I plant a pond? I have been to the Garden Centre and they have nothing and say it is too early"

The answer is: As a customer of ours you can plant a pond now with our ready potted plant baskets.

• We are not waiting for a supply of plants from elsewhere.
• Our plants are not delivered to us from Holland.
• Nor are they bought from a UK wholesaler.
• We do not sell barerooted shelf plants or waterlilies.
• Or ask you to repot your purchase into another basket.

We are sending plants this Spring potted here on the Nursery last year:

• Our plants live outside on the Nursery in our water tanks.
• They have been exposed to any weather in Leicestershire including ice across the water surface.
• They will be smaller than any hot-housed plants overwintered under protection.
• Our Shelf Pond plants are rooted in aquatic soil ready to lower straight into your pond.
• Shelf pond plants root growth shows through the mesh holes in the baskets.
• Plant shoots or leaf may be dormant or small but the plant is established within the basket.
• They will grow away when it is their season in nature
• Buying now means they will grow to suit the weather and temperature in your area of the UK.
• Place Waterlilies now at the depth they will remain at all year. There is no leaf growth yet so no adjustments are needed to keep an open leaf on the water surface.
• Oxygenating plants are sent bareroot - either loose or bunched, as this is how the plant likes to grow. Oxygenating plants rise and fall according to the temperature of the water so like to float freely rather than be potted in a basket and anchored in one place.

  

  Anemopsis californica in 11cm basket

  

  Caltha palustris in 11cm basket

  

  Myosotis scorpioides in 9cm basket

  

  Nymphaea Attraction in 23cm basket

  
  

For further photos of  potted plants ready to be despatched now see our Tips and Advice pages: Your pond plants in Spring and Waterlilies - care tips for each season.

You cannot plant bareroot pieces of plant material this early in the year and expect them to root. This is why many people think that ponds cannot be planted this early in the season. But -

Think of our already planted baskets as 'Moving house' rather than having to be newly planted.