Hi Jay,
Look up hardy water lilies, marginals, floating plants, aquatic plants
in general... Something to bear in mind is how easy are the plants to
cope with, take care to choose stuff that isnt likely to smother
everything and become a mess

Clue yourself up before you go, visit websites like Bennets waterlily
farm, Stapeley Water gardens to look over some plant descriptions and
advice on planting just so you have some idea of what you are letting
yourself in for. A trip to the library should provide some browsing
material, too

Regards, andy
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I am off to buy plants this coming Sunday and unfortunately I am the sort of
person that will buy whatever the salesman tells me to buy. I've been
reading some of your posts over the last few weeks and wondered if you would
please give me some tips on the plants I need to buy also there are a few
posts about snails but although there was mention of people having bad
experiences with them they didn't go into detail -should I get some or steer
clear?