A well-balanced, blooming pond exudes calm and has a huge attraction for every living organism in the neighbourhood. The biological balance of the water has a very important part to play in this context. The range of plants currently stocked by garden centres allows every plant lover to create his or her preferred water garden. Pond lovers are helped to make choices by the clearly structured lists showing which plant is best for each part of the pond.

A pond is divided into 5 planting zones, all of which depend on the depth of your pond, although there is some natural overlapping.


  • zone 1 contains the marginal plants.
  • zone 2 contains the marsh or bog plants varying in depths between 0 and 15 cm under water.
  • zone 3 contains the water plants that have to be planted between 0 and 40 cm under water.
  • zone 4 contains the water lilies and oxygenators at various depths between 40 and 120 cm under water.
  • zone 5 contains the surface floaters that float on the surface of the pond.

    When you buy plants they will normally come with a label showing you the best location for the plant in your pond.