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Wet Clay, Sandy soil
seanblackmetal6666
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Good Afternoon, I have been busy in my garden over Spring and Summer, thank you to people for previous help, I have now put a small ready made pond into the garden and have cleared around it and would now like some advice as to what plants would be suitable for a clay/sand soil, shady and wet to plant around not in the pond, I appreciate this may not be easy as the soil is clay but there is also a lot of sand as well as the area under the window appears to have been filled in by the previous people who lived here. The photo shows the pond and I as mentioned have now removed the paving stones around it hence the need for some plants Thank you for any help. Sean
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Don't forget to add a ramp/graduated stones to allow an escape route should anything fall in.eg hedgehog.
https://www.google.com/search?q=wildlife+ramp+for+pond&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8hY7f46TrAhVJZMAKHdJ-CTkQ_AUoAnoECA0QBA&biw=1280&bih=579
Trollius plants cope well. The problem can be that in the winter the clay holds too much moisture and this can cause root rot. The plants I mentioned seem to survive this.