"William Laven" wrote in message
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I live in San Francisco and have a small 500 gallon decorative pond
about 18" deep. Of coure, Spring brings with it a huge algae bloom and
I'd like to put some plants in there to compete with the algae and
wanted some suggestions. Given the landscaping, the plants should grow
to no more than 18" tall, some shorter. Anyd ideas for good plants to
use for this scenario?
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It's hard to suggest what would stay under 18" tall - for instance, in one
of my ponds pickerel weed is always lower and smaller than in the other pond
where it's gotten huge. Ditto for arrowheads. I was given something
called variegated Japanese water grass and it's stays about 13" no matter
where I put it.

Avoid water iris and water bamboo, both get very tall.
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