The Manic Botanic Pond Plant Marginal Bareroot Mix of 8 Varieties - Perfect for Small Garden Ponds

My Pond Plant Mix arrived very quickly and al the plants were individually wrapped within a strong cardboard box. Each plant looked very healthy and was clearly labelled with instructions with regard to depth of planting etc.Although I expected to receive just one of each plant, some of them were not just individual specimens and with care I managed to separate them and so expand my planting. I did use good aquatic compost and appropriately sized pond baskets which I lined with weed matting to help retain the soil. All the plants were planted just below the water level as recommended and I will keep them there until they are ready to go in their final positions.So far all the plants (and the extra ones I separated out) are doing very well and they are all growing strongly. I am very pleased with the selection and the quality is excellent. Compared with the prices at my local garden centre these are amazing value and I would recommend them to anyone looking for a good selection of marginal pond plants.

Exactly as described, good sheet of instructions on how to & where to place in the pond. Also brilliant labelling on each bag with each plant/root etc. I would highly recommend buying from this seller.

Lovely selection of plants, all looking very healthy despite their trip to the sorting office courtesy of Royal Mail. Arrived individually wrapped in plastic bags with a little water and an information sheet. I chose to plant up in hessian as my pond isn't very big, they look great and hopefully will establish well.Good value pack for a new pond. Thank you

Thank you for my pond plants they were packed very well, looked healthy and arrived quickly. My only disappointment was that there was no 'Water Lily! That was the one plant that I wanted in my new pond. I know you chose 8 out of 12 species - but I was hoping for the 'water Lily' to be included! I wasn't sure about ordering the pack for that reason but as I am a novice at pond plants thought an expert would pick a good mix of plants for me. So a bit disappointed!

I was so impressed with these pond plants. After buying from another site and receiving average to very poor plants I found this seller and decided to give them a try. Impressed to say the least! There's some very large plants and some smaller (naturally so with the species) but they all had a very good root ball. I even received a bonus plant of frogbit, so 9 plants in total for 35 including delivery. I really cannot rate this company highly enough and will be buying all my plants from them.

The eight plants together with a sheet of paper with photos of mature plants and basic planting notes. The plants were in good condition but unlabelled bar two. Small plants in autumn are not easily identified by the inexperienced gardener. Therefore the placing of plants was random rather than being able to take their habit to be taken into account. Thus slightly disappointed. With labels worth 5 stars.

This is a lovely collection of eight native marginal pond plants. The plants are supplied 'bare root' in a little water in separately labelled polythene bags within a sturdy little box. 'Bare root' means they've been washed clean of any compost, but also that they need to be planted fairly quickly. They are packed with a leaflet that provides advice on optimum planting depth, height when full grown and flowering season etc. The plants are quite small but I was pleased to receive some packs which clearly had two, or even three, plants in them so I could separate them, planting one straight into its ultimate container for the pond whilst cultivating the other in an aquarium in case anything untoward happened to the one planted straight into the pond (to which, see following note).Ok, so I made a couple of mistakes:1) I ordered the plants at the same time as their baskets, liners and compost. And, of course, the plants turned up first, so I had to plant them all up temporarily in an aquarium for a couple of days waiting for the other materials to arrive. So, note to self: next time, order the materials first, take delivery and then order the plants!2) In my eagerness to have these plants in my pond as soon as possible, I planted them in the middle of the frog spawning season. And cavorting frogs clearly have no regard for barely rooted plants in exactly the shallow water they love to inhabit. So, a couple of the plants have now been uprooted and I'll have to replant them or rely on the spares I have in the aquarium. Further note to self: avoid planting marginals in frog spawning season.

I was not expecting such good quality, plus the added good description of plants and how to plants them. The packaging was good too, as all the plants survived.I put them initially in a large plastic Garden tub, like a rhino tub, with a few stones and some top soil in the garden. I use organic and cleaned top soil as I can use this instead of expensive Aquatic soil. Tt works and I do not have all the scum and pollutions floating on top of the pond.Definitely can recommend this company