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Where to buy pond plants?

B&Q or Homebase do not sell them. Where can I buy plants for my pond in the Count Antrim area? I know I can buy online but I like to go to a garden centre to see them...
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  • dmxdave
    dmxdave Posts: 1,609 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Maybe a bit far?

    http://www.exoticaquatics.co.uk/index.html

    Castlereagh Road Belfast
    Dave
  • no1catman
    no1catman Posts: 2,973 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    Try Maidenhead Aquatics - they have a branch in the Newtownabbey area.

    B & Q will probably have available package plants, you can 'pot' and put in the pond to grow, e.g. lily & iris.
    I used to work for Tesco - now retired - speciality Clubcard
  • jjd
    jjd Posts: 216 Forumite
    No idea of price but I have seen them for sale in Dobbies in Lisburn.
  • B & Q will probably have available package plants, you can 'pot' and put in the pond to grow, e.g. lily & iris.[/QUOTE]

    According to a staff member in my local B&Q they do not stock them now...I was told they sold them out cheap cheap to clear stock1
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  • no1catman
    no1catman Posts: 2,973 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    B & Q : yes, that would've been last year's stock - there may be more coming for the new 'season'!
    I used to work for Tesco - now retired - speciality Clubcard
  • joefizz
    joefizz Posts: 676 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    no1catman wrote: »
    Try Maidenhead Aquatics - they have a branch in the Newtownabbey area.

    .

    Maidenhead are in the Hillside Garden Centre on the Doagh Road. I was in there on Fri night buying fish. Ive bought pond plants off Hillside before as well but they arent doing them now that Maidenhead have a section of their showroom.

    As mentioned Exotic Aquatics is where I got most of my pond plants and would recommend them as well.
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