Attract dragonflies and damselflies plus a host of other fascinating insects to your garden pond or patio pond container with Insect Pond Kit. The kit includes an aquatic planting basket, 3 wildlife-friendly pond plants, pond soil and gravel. Quick and easy to plant up, this collection of pond plants will provide suitable foliage for insects to lay eggs and hide from predators.
Insect Pond Kit includes:
- 3 bare root marginal pond plants:
Flag Iris - Clumps of sword-like foliage gives rise to tall stems supporting bright yellow blooms in early summer. Height: 100cm (39"). Spread: 30cm (12")
Butomus umbellatus - Tall stems capped with umbels of delicate rosy-pink flowers. Grassy foliage turns from red to green with maturity. Height: 150cm (59"). Spread: 45cm (18").
Typha (Bulrush) - Linear, grey-green foliage and tall flower stems from July to September with brown cylindrical flower heads that turn into fluffy beige seed heads. Height and spread: 150cm (59").
- 1 x planting basket
- Pond soil and gravel
Growing Information
Empty the soil mix into the aquatic planting basket, and plant the bareroots so that the growing point sits just below the soil surface. Cover the surface of the soil with the gravel to hold the compost in place. It is recommended that the planting basket is gently submerged in a bucket of water to allow the compost to become completely soaked through. This will allow any loose compost to float to the surface before you position it in its final position - choose a sunny or lightly shaded spot.
The perennials in this collection will need dividing and repotting each spring to maintain their vigour.
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