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Upland Nursery Inc.
1518 North Tustin Street
Orange, CA 92867
Tel 714 538-4500
Fax 714 538-4163
uplandnursery@yahoo.com
Store Hours
Monday 9:00a.m.-5p.m.
Tuesday 9:00a.m.-5p.m.
Wednesday 9:00a.m.-5p.m.
Thursday 9:00a.m.-5p.m.
Friday 9:00a.m.-5p.m
Saturday 9:00a.m.-5p.m.
Sunday 9:00a.m.-5p.m.
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Pond Plants are a very important part of the biological system in your water garden or koi pond. Pond plants are a very essential part of pond upkeep. If you do not have pond plants in your pond, you will have an abundance of algae. Water Lilies and other pond plants and algae compete for the nutrients in the water. Water Lilies and pond plants are very nice to look at and they will actually help you in several ways.
First, you will want a good selection and variety of aquatic plants for your pond or water garden. Pond plants help filter your water by converting fish waste into plant food. Pond Plants will use koi or goldfish waste as a fertilizer. These pond plants also provide oxygen for your koi and protect them from predators with surface coverage. Aquatic plants and water lilies will also assist in providing your koi with good spawning habitat. Most water plants perform the necessary function while beautifying your pond. All flowering water plants add real value to their environment.
During the day water garden pond plants breathe in carbon dioxide and slowly release oxygen. In the evening, pond plants breathe in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Water garden plants and pond plants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. Plants use this carbon dioxide to produce energy or photosynthesis. All pond plants consume nitrogen chemicals, such as, nitrates and phosphates that build up in the water. Let your water garden plants work for you to balance your pond environment. Plant foliage will absorb carbon dioxide and minerals from the water which will in turn, starve the algae. Pond plants are needed to prevent your pond water from looking green and muddy, as algae will grow out of control without these elements. Removing nitrates will eliminate algae so that they are less likely to become a problem. Pond plants are necessary to achieve a simple water balance and provide surface coverage to block sunlight in your garden pond.
Pond plants fall into four basic groups: oxygenating plants, floating plants, deep water plants, and bog/marginal pond plants. The health of your pond relies on the importance of each of these. Aquatic plants provide a range of options for your water garden. |
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Floating pond plants simply float on the surface of the pond and don’t need to be rooted in a planting container. A variety of these plants are important to the balanced ecosystem of your garden pond. Floating plants such as Water Hyacinths and Water Lettuce provide shade and cover for your pond. Floating aquatic plant foliage should cover approximately 60% of the pond surface area in order to achieve a good balance. Pond plants will keep the water cool in the summer and help keep algae away.
A common misconception is referring to the lotus as a water-lily (Nymphaea), an entirely different plant as can be seen from the center of the flower, which clearly lacks the structure that goes on to form the distinctive circular seed pod in the Nelumbo nucifera.[citation needed] It should also be noted that water-lilies come in various colors, whereas the lotus has flowers only in hues of pink, or white. While the leaves float on top of the water surface. The flowers are usually found on thick stems rising several centimeters above the water.
Submersed or oxygenating pond plants grow totally submerged and perform the important functions of competing with algae for nutrients in the pond and providing cover for protection and spawning grounds for pond fish and frogs and tadpoles. Submersed pond water plants are particularly good at adding oxygen to the pond water. Up close oxygen can be observed coming from the leaves of these plants very slowly. Planting can be accomplished with sinking weights added to these pond plants. For example, this picture is called parrot feather and it is a submersed plants. There is many choices of submersed plants to choose from in our nursery.
Nymphaeaceae is a name for a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and tropical climates around the world. Water lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on the water surface.
Water lilies are divided into two main categories: hardy and tropical. Hardy water lilies bloom only during the day, but tropical water lilies can bloom either during the day or at night, and are the only group to contain blue-flowered plants.
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