Set up a natural pond
Care for something cool – and refreshing! – in your garden? Set up a natural and eco-friendly pond in your garden, that will welcome lush plants and a host of little animals.
Aquatic plants
Most plants don’t like too much water, but these simply love it! Swamp-like settings, ponds or just love watering so much you can’t stop? Plant these!
Alder, a resilient tree well adapted to wetlands
The alder is a lovely tree, well-known for thriving in wet areas like riverbanks and swamps.
Biodiversity in permaculture for a self-sustaining garden
In permaculture, nature does all the work! For a permaculture garden to be sustainable, self-sufficient and properly balanced,
Goosefoot, more than a weed: a leaf vegetable!
Goosefoot is a fast-spreading weed, true, but its leaves make for great greens! Goosefoot key facts: Botanical name: Chenopodium Common name: goosefoot Family: Amaranthaceae Type: leaf vegetable
Marsh calla, a beautiful arum-like flower for wet terrain
Marsh arum Calla palustris shines in the shade, producing lovely aquatic flowers. Key Marsh calla facts: Name: Calla palustris Common: water arum, marsh calla Family: araceae Type: perennial aquatic plant Height: 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) Exposure: shade or bright Soil: wet, aquatic, soggy Foliage: deciduous – Flowering: spring, summer Hailing from […]
Yellow iris, yellow and water-bound
Yellow iris is part of the extensive Iridaceae family. It has the highest water needs of all.
Water lily, queen of the water plants
Water lily is certainly one of the most beautiful aquatic plants.
Papyrus sedge or cyperus, plants for water
Papyrus sedge is a very beautiful plant, that thrives particularly well in damp settings, whether along a body of water, a river or simply in a pot resting in a saucer filled with water.
Create a natural pond
It’s different from a basic fish pond, because a natural pond will tend to attract more insects, dragonflies and birds… Three square yards or meters are all you need to create a little oasis of biodiversity. Both useful and ornamental, the natural pond will bring you many advantages.
Hibiscus moscheutos, a huge-flowered shrub with stunning blooms
Hibiscus moscheutos is a powerfully ornamental marsh plant with large leaves, sublime flowers, and many sturdy upright stems.
