Plant them in fretted pond pots, in Aquatic Compost, preferably in rainwater. Stand on a brick or two to get the foliage on surface level.

It may not be your intention but please don't add any fish for a month or so. I dug a small pond and planted with various plants, including oxygenators, and this now has a good population of newts and water snails which just appeared(on the plants I assume). It also attracts insects and birds. My main fish pond is raised to keep the fish safe from predators and also to prevent my grandchildren falling in.

the best thing for your pond would be to try and get a bottle of pond water from a friends pond, this will give your pond a good start.it will add all the microorganism,s your ponds needs. soon you will have frogs newts and dragonflies and hours of pleasure and fun watching all the incredible life within the pond.

I bought water Hyacinths for my pond They were great but didn't survive the winter. I was told to keep them in a cold greenhouse over winter,so I bought some more, they didn't survive in the greenhouse either. Does anyone know how to overwinter them.

I don't think they do overwinter well in the UK for which you may want to be thankful. It is viewed as an invasive weed in parts of the US covering the whole surface of open bodies of water and rivers with an impenetrable mat. I am surpried it is legal to sell them in the UK to be honest.

It usually gets too cold in an unheated greenhouse in the UK, since they not only can't take frost, but they can also suffer if the water temperature falls below 7º C. I wouldn't bother with potting them, though they do better if they are anchored to a rock to keep them from drifting around. They automatically float on the surface, buoyed up on their air-filled leaf bases. MG is absolutely right, though--maybe the onloy reason they aren't banned is that they are too tropical to survive the winter, even in the warmest parts of the UK. Global climate change may change that, though.

Gawd I hope not Tugb.

I know!! Just imagine what where I live would be like!!

Eeep... rather not!