It pretty exciting and scary at the same time. I know so little and yet know the most of anyone on the project. Worse is someone with even less knowledge than I have tries to fight me over what to do, what he has always seen done. Not the dozer guy, just a guy. Dozer guy know his stuff but has only dug farm ponds nothing like natural swimming before.
I am building a dog training pond. The backside will be the dam and planted. This is one of the areas I need the most help. What plants are good choices??? I am thinking shallow rooted, matting or thick growing and has to hold everything in place over the winter rains. Waterlily and lotus for the inside and???, I have some cannas growing now I plan to add for color at the top pf the dam. Planning to plant underwater plantsalso, hornwort and???
I have Missouri native wildflower mix but he thinks it will die back and be open to erosionor the outside of the backside of the pond, pushing Bermuda grass. The front of the pond will have the cool diving dock, beach, and trees for shade. I need planting suggestions for the back and all the advise I can get. We are digging now to find clay and I am seeing color (red). Oh so exciting!