can't get pond plants until April

I saw a frog in my garden on Monday morning so frantically dug a pond yesterday afternoon. But it seems I can't get any pond plants until April (I'm in Ireland so I have much less choice than in the UK). Well, that's not quite true, one shop has hornwort but it would cost about £16 to get it delivered.
Is my pond uninhabitable until I get an oxygenating plant in or is worth waiting until I can get a selection of affordable plants?
Is my pond uninhabitable until I get an oxygenating plant in or is worth waiting until I can get a selection of affordable plants?
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Nurseries don't send out plants until they start growing again in March/April and they look good and are growing fast.
What you'd get at this time of year would be seriously disappointing.
If you've got a pond dug, fill it with water (ideally a mix of rainwater and some tap water) that'll give it a few weeks to settle then you can get your plants and you'll be off to a flying start
Good luck
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
It's only a tiny pond too so it's just as well that I don't have a big range of options or there'd be no space for frogs!
We have two clumps of spawn in a brand new "hole in the ground" (I hestitate to call it a pond) and OH is on feeding duty alert with lettuce (or maybe dock leaves) when the wrigglers emerge. Once the water gardens start selling again, we'll chuck in some oxygenators and surface cover plants and then see how the HITG develops ...
@Lyn it's a preformed steep sided pond so I have a ramp built out of rocks and a log. My stash of rocks saved for this purpose has become inhabited by lots of critters so I can't really dismantle it yet.
My pond is only 80cm by 60cm; do you think I can fit 3 plants in there or just 2?