Plants for Ponds!

Nothing is more relaxing than having a beautiful Koi Pond or something similar in your yard, I once had 3 actually! It was so relaxing to hear the waterfalls during the day and the frogs at night.
When I started these ponds I was faced with what to put in them, I wanted something that would come back every year, flowered, and wouldnt be eaten by fish.
So I walked around my neighborhood and realized it was infront of me the entire time, growing around the lakes  and ponds.
ArrowHead! It's a neat little plant that grows pretty large so you would need to put it in the back of your pond. I just love it, every so often I would see some butterflies fluttering on it. It's native and just is super easy to grow, and it grows pretty fast. Just put it in a large enough pond pot and set it on a shelf in the pond, if your pond has shelves. Be sure to put this guy in Full Sun so that's 6+ Hours of sun a day. It will help filter some of the water and shelter any tiny fish you have like minnows since they like the shallow water it creates between the pot and water surface. It also creates a home for frogs and the tadpoles they lay. It also makes the perfect perch for and dragonflies.

This is the butterfly I had seen on the ArrowHead. Just wasnt quick enough to snag a picture.