Marginal Pond Plants

Mimulus (tigrinus group) is usually sold as tiger monkey flower. It’s grown for bright, spotted blooms and it likes cool, damp conditions. In a bog...

Myosotis scorpioides 'Semperflorens' is water forget-me-not, selected for a long flowering season. It’s a simple plant, but it earns its place by t...

Phragmites australis 'Variegatus' is a variegated common reed with cream-striped leaves. It gives you height and screening fast, and it stays usefu...

Oenanthe fistulosa ‘Flamingo’, commonly known as Variegated Water Dropwort, is a moisture-loving perennial grown for its colourful foliage and soft...

Iris laevigata 'Mottled Blue' is a Japanese water iris for wet soil and pond margins. It’s a good choice if you want a true marginal iris that cope...

Lobelia cardinalis is cardinal flower, known for tall spikes of scarlet blooms in late summer. It likes wet ground and brings colour when many bog ...

Iris ensata 'Eileen's Dream' is a Japanese iris grown for large early summer flowers and elegant foliage. You may see Japanese iris offered under t...

Mimulus cardinalis is scarlet monkey flower, a moisture-loving plant with bright tubular blooms. It’s a good pick for bog edges where soil stays da...

Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme' is a palm sedge with variegated leaves. It’s grown for its tidy, upright look and it copes well with damp soil. In bog...

Cyperus fuscus is brown galingale, a small sedge-like plant for wet mud and shallow margins. It’s usually used in natural ponds and wildlife margin...

Cyperus papyrus 'Nanus' is a dwarf papyrus, a compact version of the classic papyrus look. It gives you umbrella heads on upright stems and works w...

Orontium aquaticum is golden club, a North American marginal with unusual yellow flower spikes. It’s a great choice if you want something different...

Camassia leichtlinii is great camas, a spring-flowering bulb that likes moisture while it grows. It’s a strong choice near bog gardens because it e...

Nasturtium officinale is watercress, a fast-growing edible that likes cool, clean water. In garden ponds it’s best treated as a contained marginal ...

Hypericum elodes is marsh St John's-wort, a UK native for wet ground. It is a good plant for softening margins because it creeps, flowers, and sits...

Lythrum salicaria 'Robert' is a purple loosestrife cultivar chosen for its flower colour and garden habit. It gives you tall summer flower spikes a...

Mimulus ringens is lavender musk, a wetland plant with purple flowers in summer. It’s a good option if you want a native-style marginal that fits i...

Monarda didyma 'Bee-Lieve' is a bee balm with bright summer flowers and scented leaves. It suits moist soil and brings a lot of pollinator activity...

Ligularia przewalskii is Przewalski's golden ray, grown for tall flower spikes and bold foliage. It likes moisture and it works well on the damp ed...

Hottonia palustris is water violet, a UK native oxygenator with pretty lilac flowers. It grows in shallow water and slow ditches, and it is useful ...

Iris louisiana 'Marie Gallais' is a Louisiana iris bred for wet ground and bold early summer flowers. It’s a good pick for bog gardens because it e...

Equisetum robustum is a tall horsetail with bold banded stems. It’s often sold as black-banded horsetail and used for strong vertical structure at ...

Cyperus papyrus is Egyptian papyrus, a bold marginal grown for tall stems topped with umbrella heads. It gives a strong exotic look on pond shelves...

Myosotis scorpioides 'Alba' is white water forget-me-not. It has the same easy, spreading habit as the blue form but with small white flowers that ...