When to plant up a pond

Terrestrial plants such as shrubs and herbaceous plants are usually planted when they are dormant, either in the winter or early spring. Aquatic plants, on the other hand, need to be in full growth when they are planted, the ideal time being late spring or early summer. Planting in late summer will mean that the young plants will not have had enough time to begin growing before they become dormant again and the fish within the pond will gladly uproot the newly planted plants before they have had any real time to gain a firm solid hold within their container.