Marginal Pond Plants

Iris louisiana 'Pegaletta' is a Louisiana iris grown for bold early summer flowers and strong, upright leaves. It suits wet ground and shallow pond...

Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria' is grown for two things: dark beetroot-coloured leaves and bright scarlet flowers. It’s often called cardinal f...

Acorus calamus 'Argenteostriatus' is a variegated sweet flag with narrow leaves striped cream and green. It’s grown for foliage, not flowers, and i...

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 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...

Ranunculus flammula is lesser spearwort, a UK native buttercup for wet ground and shallow margins. It’s a simple plant that looks right in natural ...

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...

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 ...