Ponds and Water Features - July

Waterlilies should be flowering now, so if you want to buy new plants, now’s the time to make your choice. Waterlilies come in all sorts of different sizes – there are even miniature ones suitable for container pools. Make sure you get the right size for your water feature
If aphids are a problem on waterlily foliage try and knock them off with water spray from a hosepipe. Don’t use a greenfly killer anywhere near a pond as it will harm fish and wildlife
Thin out oxygenating plants taking care not to remove young fish, water snails or froglets with the excess. The best way to do this is to check through the pondweed carefully, then lay it out in bundles around the sides of the pond and leave it overnight. This will give little creatures a chance to slither back into the water.