You all loved my pond in a pot, so here's how to make a renter friendly bog garden from an old tyre. Any patch of slow draining soil will do, whether that's in a pot/tyre/sink/bucket or dug into the ground with a pond liner.
My wildlife pond in a pot video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM4m_qf_CMg
Plants I used:
Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)
Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cucli)
Water mint (Mentha aquatica)
Pyramidal bugle (Ajuga Pyramidalis)
Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia)
Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula)
Amphibious bistort (Persicaria amphibia)
Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
Bog pimpernel (Anagallis tenella)
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus)
Water avens (Geum rivale)
Bog bean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
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