Pond Plants

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

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

Nymphaea 'Odorata Sulphurea' is a hardy water lily with a tidy, clumping habit. It grows from a rhizome and builds a mat of floating pads, then sen...

Ranunculus aquatilis, commonly known as Common Water Crowfoot, is a native aquatic plant valued for both oxygenation and summer flowers. It grows n...

Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Helvola' is a miniature hardy water lily for the smallest ponds, tubs, and container water gardens. It grows from a small rhizome...

Ceratophyllum demersum, commonly known as Hornwort, is a fully submerged aquatic plant used to maintain clean and balanced ponds. It grows naturall...

Mentha aquatica is water mint, a UK native that thrives in wet ground. It smells like mint when you brush it, and it produces round clusters of lil...

Lysimachia nummularia is creeping jenny, a fast ground cover for wet soil and pond edges. It’s perfect for trailing over rocks and basket rims, and...

Caltha palustris is marsh marigold, a native marginal that starts the season with bright yellow spring flowers. It’s one of the best early plants f...

Nymphaea 'Yellow Sensation' is a fully hardy water lily with clear yellow flowers that stand out in a UK pond. It grows from a rhizome in a basket ...

Myosotis scorpioides is water forget-me-not, a classic pond-margin plant with blue flowers. It’s simple, reliable, and great for softening edges wh...

Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra' is a true dwarf hardy water lily for tubs, half barrels, and very small ponds. It grows from a small rhizome and makes a c...

Nymphaea 'Marliacea Albida' is a classic hardy white water lily that fits many UK ponds. It grows from a rhizome and forms a steady patch of pads, ...

Fontinalis antipyretica, commonly known as Willow Moss or Water Moss, is a native aquatic moss found in clean streams, lakes, and ponds across the ...

Nymphaea 'Venusta' is a hardy water lily that suits smaller ponds, patio pools, and standard garden ponds. It grows from a rhizome in a basket and ...

Nymphaea 'Perry's Double White' is a hardy water lily bred for pure white, double flowers and a compact, free-flowering habit. It grows from a rhiz...

Ophiopogon japonicus is mondo grass, a low evergreen with narrow leaves. It’s not a true marginal, but it works well on the drier top edge of a bog...

Nymphaea 'Madame Wilfron Gonnere' is a hardy pond water lily grown for its leaf cover and repeat flowering across the summer months. It settles bes...

Nymphaea 'Clyde Ikins' is a hardy water lily that grows from a rhizome and produces floating pads and summer flowers in still water. In a basket it...

Matteuccia struthiopteris is shuttlecock fern, also called ostrich fern. It likes damp shade and it gives you a big, fresh look without needing flo...

Persicaria bistorta is common bistort, also known as adderwort. It’s a clump-forming perennial for damp soils with pink flower spikes in early summ...

Nymphaea 'Vesuve' is a hardy water lily for still ponds and containers, grown under the name Vesuve. It is known for a long flowering season and co...

Nymphaea alba is a hardy species water lily for still ponds and containers, grown under the name Alba. People grow it because it is the UK’s native...

Nymphaea 'Formosa' is a hardy water lily bred for garden ponds, producing summer flowers over a steady raft of pads. It grows from a rhizome and ex...