When making a coastal zone should take into account some rules:

  • plants should be combined according to size
  • to create the perfect composition
  • keep decorative from spring to autumn
  • it is better to plant low maintenance plants

1. Making the edges of the pond. Enough for 3-4 small-sized plants such as Wapato, Buttercup, but you can plant taller plants, there should be 2 or 3 of a kind. Example: cattail, iris, saxifrage.



The swamp iris is one of the most showy plants of the family iridaceae. Quickly forms a group of luxurious greenery. During flowering gives the color of the sun the pond. On stems 90 cm blooms in may, about 15 of joyful yellow flowers. The leaves are green until autumn.

Arrowhead strelolist has an unusual decorative appearance, which he attached leaves. At the end of July on a triangular stems bloom in white, pink or purple flowers. Low maintenance, Wapato grows well near water and makes natural landscape.

For the background choose a beautiful tall plant, the cattail, which is used for large bodies of water, in small well planted in small groups. All the known flowers of the cattail is dense velvet, the ears dark brown. The plant is perfect for landscape pond.

2. Area of shallow water or swamps. In this place are planted 1 or 2 plants (Clinica marsh Calla) to a depth of 15 cm.

Marsh Calla, or Calla – amazing exotic plants. Delight the eye with dark green heart-shaped shiny leaves. White blossoms appear in late may and give the pond a romantic mood. In late summer appear in their place bright red fruit. Flowers used for bouquets and they symbolize purity and youth. To plant Calla better in a container to fall to move to a warmer spot.

3. Area of water lilies. This is the place for the landing of floating plants. These include water hyacinth, piste, nymphs. They are very useful plants because they are natural water purifiers.

The charm of the pond will give lilies or nymph. All the famous delicate white flowers floating on the water. Varietal plants have a variety of colors: pink, yellow, crimson. They will create a landscape easy feeling nostalgic.