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I have listed the four different types of water plant ponds and once you
have decided that you want a water plant or Koi pond in your yard and before
you hire a water plants contractor or do the Koi pond construction yourself
you should decide which type of water lilies or Koi pond you would like to
have. This is important because once you have built the water plant pond it
is very difficult to change; each type of water plant pond has a different
environment to consider before you start to build. Also keep in mind you may
want to expand the lotus pond at sometime in the future, which is something
that happens often once people start getting into water gardening. Be aware
of the expertise of the water gardening contractor you hire, most
contractors are wonderful when it comes to creativity and style, placing the
rocks in just the right formation, or building a masterpiece of a fountain,
lining the walkways with the best flagstone patterns and so on. However
seven days at a seminar on how to build a pond doesn’t cover some very
important factors. I suggest you ask your contractor if he has ever bred koi,
or if he has grown water lilies, lotus and marginal plants, floating plants,
and oxygenators? Hopefully the answers you get will help you decided if
you’re going to get the pond you had in mind.