Pond Plants

Nymphaea 'Ray Davis' is a hardy water lily selected for reliable flowering and steady growth in outdoor ponds. It develops from a central rhizome a...

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...

Arum italicum is Italian arum, grown for patterned leaves and bright berries. It’s often called lords-and-ladies in older garden talk, though that ...

Nymphaea 'Rene Gerard' is a hardy pond water lily grown for its leaf cover and repeat flowering across the summer months. It settles best when left...

Lobelia siphilitica 'Alba' is the white form of great blue lobelia. It likes damp ground and produces upright spires of white flowers in late summe...

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

Nymphaea 'Mrs Richmond' is a hardy pond water lily grown for its leaf cover and repeat flowering across the summer months. It settles best when lef...

Nymphaea pubescens 'Mae Ploi' is a tropical night-blooming water lily for still ponds and containers, grown under the name Maeploi. People grow it ...

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...

Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire' is grown for winter stem colour, not flowers. It’s a dogwood that lights up dull months with red, orange and yell...

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...

Primula japonica 'Millers Crimson' is a candelabra primrose with deep crimson flowers in spring and early summer. It’s made for damp shade and it b...

Camassia quamash is common camas, a bulb that likes spring-wet soil and flowers with blue starry blooms. It’s a good fit near bog gardens because i...

Nymphaea 'Maroon Pink' is sold as a tropical water lily, grown for warm-season flowers and quick summer growth in still water. It makes floating pa...

Ranunculus acris is meadow buttercup, sometimes sold as batchelor buttons in older mixes. It’s a UK native that likes grassland and damp meadows. I...

Nymphaea 'Rose Nymphe' is commonly sold as Rose Nymph, a hardy water lily grown for fragrant pink flowers and steady pad cover. It forms a clump fr...

Monarda didyma 'Bee-Happy' is a compact bee balm for damp soil and summer colour. It’s grown for red flowers and aromatic leaves, and it’s often ch...

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 ...

Nymphaea 'Sunrise' is a hardy water lily that sometimes appears in trade lists with the word Mexicana attached, which can cause confusion with Nymp...

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...