Pond Plants

Carex acuta is slender-tufted sedge, a native sedge for wet ground and shallow margins. It’s a useful plant for adding upright texture and building...

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...

Astilbe 'Straussenfeder' is a plume astilbe with soft salmon-pink flowers. You may also see it listed as ostrich feather astilbe, based on the name...

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...

Ajuga reptans 'Variegata' is a variegated bugle with cream and green leaves. It spreads to form a low mat and works well on the damp edge of a bog ...

Ajuga reptans is common bugle, a native ground cover for damp grass and woodland edges. It forms spreading mats and gives blue flower spikes in spr...

Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow' is a colourful bugle with pink, cream, and green leaves. It forms a low spreading mat and adds foliage interest to da...

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 ...

Allium schoenoprasum is chives, a clump forming herb that also suits damp garden edges. It produces purple flower heads and narrow edible leaves. A...

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...

Asplenium scolopendrium 'Angustatum' is a narrow-leaved form of hart’s tongue fern. It’s useful for damp shade around bog gardens where you want ev...

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 louisiana 'Laura Louise' is a Louisiana iris grown for large flowers in soft blended tones. It thrives in very wet soil and suits pond edges a...

Iris ensata 'White Lady' is a Japanese iris with large white flowers. It performs well in rich, moisture-retentive soil in bog gardens. Appearance ...