Pond Plants

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...

Alisma parviflorum is often sold as American plantain in pond plant lists. It’s a water plantain type grown for its airy flower stems and upright l...

Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' is variegated sweet flag, a taller sweet flag with striped leaves. It gives a reed-like look and works well as a mid to...

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...