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pond plants?

i have a small pond in my garden with a filter in it i have been told i wont be able to have any plants in it because they wont grow in moving water does anyone know if this is true please my pond isnt exactualy tidal but it does have a little fountain on the filter does this count

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1. i have a pond with koi carp in it, and the filter system forces the water out that much that the water moves quite a lot, but i have plenty of plants growing......
2. Water lilies do not like moving water. All of the other water plants will be just fine. Try a water lily and just try to keep water from hitting the tops of the pads. It might be OK.
3. you can put plants in it hun , no problem, some say lillys wont grow in moving water but they do, and like you say yours hasnt got tidal waves in it , your likle fountain wont make a difference
4. I also have a small pond. The plants I have are curly rush, water iris, lily pads, and mint. The only problems I have is the mint decided to take over (and I knew it would), so, I ripped it out. After 3 years, the curly rush was trying to crowd, cut it in half. The iris is doing great; lily pads look great, but have never bloomed. By the way, the curly rush even took a really hard freeze we had 2 years ago (nearly the entire pond was froze over for 2 weeks.)
5. yes you can grow plants in your pond, alodea crispa is an oxygenating plant that helps keep your water clear, in some parts i think it's called canadian pond weed, there are dozens of others you can grow, marsh marigolds, rushes, reeds,iris's, you can also put in some floating plants like, duckweed, water soldiers, etc, and i had a water lily growing in moving water and it used to flower every year until i lost it to a very cold spell, so go get some plants for your pond my friend.
6. brder plants and bog plants around edge is best bet