Marginal Pond Plants

Anemopsis californica is yerba mansa, sometimes sold as Apache beads. It’s a wetland plant from western North America that spreads into a low patch...

Baldellia ranunculoides is lesser water plantain, a small native marginal for shallow water and wet mud. It’s a good plant for natural pond edges w...

Alisma lanceolatum is narrow-leaved water plantain, sometimes called mad-dog weed in older texts. It’s similar to Alisma plantago-aquatica but with...

Carex acutiformis is lesser pond sedge, sometimes sold as slender sedge. It’s a tall native sedge for saturated ground and pond edges, great for ad...

Carex flacca is glaucous sedge, a UK native with blue-grey foliage. It’s handy for the upper edge of bog gardens where soil stays damp but not floo...

Acorus gramineus 'Pusillus' is a dwarf sweet flag with fine grassy leaves. It stays small and is ideal for the front of a bog garden or pond shelf....

Allium angulosum is mouse garlic, a clump forming allium for damp meadows and bog edges. It flowers in summer with pink rounded heads. Appearance I...

Acorus calamus is sweet flag, a reed-like marginal with sword-shaped leaves. It grows in wet soil and shallow water and gives height without heavy ...

Acorus gramineus 'Ogon' is a golden sweet flag with bright yellow striped leaves. It brings strong leaf colour to bog gardens and pond edges. Appea...

Anagallis tenella is bog pimpernel, now often listed as Lysimachia tenella. It’s a tiny native creeper for acidic, peaty wet ground. Use it when yo...

Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus' is a variegated sweet flag with cream-striped leaves. It’s a tidy, grassy marginal that brightens pond edges and rais...

Alisma parviflorum is often sold as American plantain in pond plant lists. It’s a water plantain type grown for its airy flower stems and upright l...

Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' is variegated sweet flag, a taller sweet flag with striped leaves. It gives a reed-like look and works well as a mid to...

Iris ensata 'Variegata' is a variegated Japanese iris grown for striped foliage and large summer flowers. It’s useful if you want interest even bef...

Iris ensata 'Electric Rays' is a Japanese iris grown for large early-summer flowers with bold striping. It performs best in rich, wet soil, so it f...

Iris ensata 'Greywoods Catrina' is a Japanese iris cultivar with large early-summer blooms. It suits bog gardens where soil stays wet and rich. App...

Iris ensata 'Gold Bound' is a Japanese iris cultivar with large early-summer blooms and a clear golden signal. It does best in rich, wet soil, so i...

Iris ensata 'Fortune' is a Japanese iris with large early-summer flowers and strong clump growth. It suits bog gardens where the soil stays wet and...

Iris versicolor 'Gerald Darby' is a cultivar of blue flag iris known for purple-flushed foliage in spring. It thrives in wet soil and shallow margi...

Iris pseudacorus 'Berlin Tiger' is a variegated form of yellow flag iris with striped foliage. It grows strongly in wet soil and shallow water. App...

Iris versicolor is blue flag iris, a North American species that thrives in wet soil and shallow water. It flowers in early summer. Appearance It f...

Iris versicolor 'Dark Aura' is a blue flag iris selection for wet soil and shallow margins. It offers strong colour in early summer and copes well ...

Iris louisiana 'Black Gamecock' is a Louisiana iris known for bold flowers and strong garden performance. It handles wetter soils than many irises ...

Iris louisiana 'Ann Chowning' is a Louisiana iris known for bold flowers and strong garden performance. It handles wetter soils than many irises an...