Best Pond Plant to Start with?
The #1 plant for fast growth and powerful water filtration is the water hyacinth (also called blue shell) and the Jumbo’s are the best way to go. You NEED to keep them shaded at first to keep the plants from getting burnt before the root system starts pumping new fluids to the leaves. If you burn them from full sun on the first day they will be stunted and not grow. But once they are acclimated you can put them anywhere you wish. We have many customers who order full boxes each year. In my opinion, they are the best floaters for any purpose and the rest of the floaters are good, but not the high powered cleansing factories like hyacinth. However, if you have Koi they love to nibble on hyacinth so you need to understand you need enough of them to keep up with the Koi.
