Certainly, there are many plants that will grow directly in pea gravel. In areas from a foot to 3 feet deep, you can directly plant submerged plants. I recommend anacharis, hornwort (which also will live floating), and jungle valisneria.
Certainly, there are many plants that will grow directly in pea gravel. In areas from a foot to 3 feet deep, you can directly plant submerged plants. I recommend anacharis, hornwort (which also will live floating), and jungle valisneria. For a list of more submerged plants, see my page on them at http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/submerge.htm As for marginals, many like to be very shallow, up to about 6 inches deep. There are hundreds of such plants. If your pond is too deep for them, you can use pots or even create a raised “bench” area in a deeper area for some pots using cinder blocks (pre-treat by soaking in plain water or dilute vinegar or acid to leach some of the cement out), bricks, PVC piping, untreated wood for the seat, etc. Be creative, it just has to be non-toxic and non-leaching pretty much. I’ve not made “benches” before myself. If your most shallow pea gravel area is 15 inches deep, ther
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