Garden ponds are beautiful, calm, and can attract wildlife ... your pond can't be considered complete until you've surrounded it with water plants. Although most plants don't like having wet ...

Choose plants that will work well in a koi pond such as water hyacinths, one of the most popular choices. They have large leaves that provide shade for the fish, as well as beautiful flowers.

Cattails (Typha latifolia) are the iconic freshwater wetland plant. Where there is fresh water and some sun, there will be cattails.