Question

Can anyone advise me what kind of plants to put in a wildlife pond please, must be reasonably cheap and what to put on the bottom?  

Answer 1

We have lots of reeds, horsetail, iris, watercress, water lettuce, marsh marigolds, oxygenating weed, lillies, floating soldiers, juncus, grasses. Lots more too but i dont know names. We started by asking friends with ponds for little clumps, then as theh grew started swapping with others to get a good variety. A year after making the pond I'm able to split and give plants to others x

Answer 2

Oxygenating plants in the bottom, perhaps a water lilly, but what @gesticulate said above is good advice, see about getting some snails too

Answer 3

If your pond is fairly small, you should be cautious about what lily you choose. Many will overwhelm a small pond