There are hardly any limits to your imagination when designing your own stream. In addition to waterfalls and bridges, planting also plays a crucial role. Find out here which plants are suitable in and around the stream and how to plant them correctly.
Which plants are suitable for planting along the stream?
Swamp plantsThey not only look beautiful and hide edges, but are useful and filter the water. At the edge of the stream you can use numerousbedding plants for individual design, for example coneflowers or grasses.
How do I plant the plants along the stream correctly?
Aquatic plants are planted in the stream usingPlant Bags. To do this, line the pot with a piece of jute fabric, fill it with pond soil and insert the plant. The plant should be safe in water. You can also weigh them down with natural stones for better support. Plants on the dry bank are planted like in a normal bed. Make sure there is a good mix and do not plant too many plants to preserve the character of the stream.
Why should I plant the stream?
Plants in streams bring you several advantages. You can use them to make the stream even moremore natural, cover the pond liner, plants filter the water, enrich it with oxygen, offer shaded areas and variety in the blazing sun and ultimately offer special accents thanks to their diverse color spectrum.
What types of plants can I plant in the stream?
The following plants are suitable for planting in streams:
- Bachbunge (supplies the water with additional oxygen and blooms with small purple flowers)
- Swamp marigold (yellow blooming in spring)
- Swamp iris (good water purifier, removes excess nutrients through strong roots)
- Swamp fern
- Juggler's Flower
- Fireweed (purple flowers, long flowering period)
- Dwarf rush (dense growth, lawn-like)
- Ethnic cotton grass (native moor grass, bank-strengthening, white wooly fruit balls)
- Swamp marshmallow (bee pasture in late summer)
- Meadow knotweed (long, closely spaced flower spikes, floriferous, not rampant)
Which plants are suitable for planting along the edge of a stream?
Very suitable for planting along the edge of the streammany bedding plantsPrefer plants with shallow roots that do not damage the pond liner. For example, you can cover the edges of the film with lady's mantle or cranesbill. With differentflowering perennialssuch as coneflowers, purple loosestrife or purple loosestrife you can bring color and different heights into play. Specialgrassescreate a suitable ambience. In the gravel bed outside the stream,ground coversuch as pennywort can be used for individual design. They grow frugally and undemandingly.
Tip
Watch out for a sloping edge along the stream
Make sure to design the edge of the stream so that the slope of the earth always runs away from the edge of the stream. This means that when it rains, no soil can slip into the stream and contaminate the water. Dirt and mud in the watercourse not only looks unsightly and encourages algae to form, it can also cause water to build up and unintentionally change the direction of flow.
