Even though you can put some aquatic plants into a pondless waterfalls, an ecosystem pond provides you many more types of plants and allows you much more space to put a wide variety. Water lilies and cattails are the classic aquatic plants. Did you know that there are aquatic versions of many of the plants you already enjoy on land such as cannas, iris, and marigold to name a few? You can also "plant" regular 'ole impatiens in your biological waterfall!