Skip to content

Pond Plants

Discover our carefully selected range of UK-grown pond plants, chosen for their quality, reliability, and unique character. Whether you’re creating a new wildlife pond or improving an established one, you’ll find everything from essential oxygenating plants to beautiful water lilies, practical marginal plants, and specialist bog plants. We focus on strong, healthy plants that establish well in British conditions, helping you create a balanced, natural pond that looks good throughout the seasons.

Alongside trusted favourites, we also offer a selection of rare and unusual aquatic plants you won’t often find elsewhere. These varieties bring interest, structure, and biodiversity to your pond while supporting pollinators, amphibians, and other wildlife.

Filters

Pontederia lanceolata (Giant Pickerel Weed)

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Pontederia lanceolata is giant pickerel weed, a taller, chunkier cousin of standard pickerel weed. It’s grown for upright leaf clumps and long blue...

View full details

Mazus reptans (Chinese Marshflower)

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Mazus reptans is Chinese marshflower, a low creeper for damp ground. It’s handy for the front edge of bog gardens because it stays short, fills gap...

View full details

Nymphaea 'Charles de Meurville'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£9.10 - £33.35
£9.10 - £33.35
Current price £9.10
In stock

Nymphaea 'Charles de Meurville' is a vigorous hardy water lily for medium to large ponds. It grows from a thick rhizome and builds a broad raft of ...

View full details

Nymphaea 'Fabiola'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£9.10 - £36.00
£9.10 - £36.00
Current price £9.10
In stock

Nymphaea 'Fabiola' is a hardy water lily grown for peony-style pink flowers and good summer coverage in garden ponds. You may also see it sold unde...

View full details

Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae (New Zealand Pennywort)

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae is New Zealand pennywort, used as a low ground cover in damp conditions. It’s a great plant for the front edge of bog ...

View full details

Peltandra undulata (Green Arrow Arum)

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Peltandra undulata is green arrow arum, a North American marginal with glossy arrow-shaped leaves. It’s grown mainly for foliage, and it gives you ...

View full details

Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort)

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Lycopus europaeus is gypsywort, a UK native for wet ground. It’s a quiet plant that does a good job in wildlife bog gardens, especially where you w...

View full details

Nymphaea 'Paranee'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£16.00 - £65.99
£16.00 - £65.99
Current price £16.00
In stock

Nymphaea 'Paranee' is a modern hardy water lily introduced in the late 2010s, grown for strong summer flowering and a compact-to-medium pond footpr...

View full details

Nymphaea 'Princess Elizabeth'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£9.10 - £36.00
£9.10 - £36.00
Current price £9.10
In stock

Nymphaea 'Princess Elizabeth' is a hardy water lily often sold as a compact, free-flowering choice for smaller ponds and containers. It grows from ...

View full details

Lysichiton camtschatcensis (Asian Skunk Cabbage)

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Lysichiton camtschatcensis is Asian skunk cabbage, grown for huge leaves and early spring white spathes. It’s a plant for people who want bold foli...

View full details

Nymphaea 'Attraction'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£9.10 - £36.00
£9.10 - £36.00
Current price £9.10
In stock

Nymphaea 'Attraction' is a classic hardy water lily for a sunny pond, known for dark red flowers and a vigorous, surface-covering habit. It grows f...

View full details

Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Alba' (White Ragged Robin)

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Alba' is white ragged robin, a damp meadow plant with airy, fringed flowers. It’s a great choice for the upper edge of a bog g...

View full details

Hosta 'First Frost'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Hosta 'First Frost' is a tidy, medium hosta with blue-green leaves and a yellow to cream margin. It’s a great plant for damp shade and works well o...

View full details

Iris ensata 'Harlequinesque'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Iris ensata 'Harlequinesque' is a Japanese iris grown for large early summer flowers. You may also see Japanese iris sold under the older name Iris...

View full details

Nymphaea 'Marliacea Chromatella'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£9.10 - £36.00
£9.10 - £36.00
Current price £9.10
In stock

Nymphaea 'Marliacea Chromatella' is a hardy water lily with the RHS Award of Garden Merit, valued for its primrose-yellow flowers and dependable pe...

View full details

Nymphaea 'Albatross'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£9.10 - £36.00
£9.10 - £36.00
Current price £9.10
In stock

Nymphaea 'Albatross' is a hardy white water lily grown for clean, bright flowers and handsome foliage that starts dark and matures through the seas...

View full details

Nymphaea 'White Gladstoniana'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£9.10 - £36.00
£9.10 - £36.00
Current price £9.10
In stock

Nymphaea 'Gladstoniana' is a very large hardy white water lily bred for big ponds and lakes. It grows from a rhizome and builds a broad carpet of f...

View full details

Nymphaea 'Chalene Straw'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£14.99
£14.99 - £14.99
Current price £14.99
In stock

Nymphaea 'Charlene Strawn' is a hardy yellow water lily grown for strong scent and a long season of bloom. Your row says Chalene Straw, but the wid...

View full details

Iris ensata 'Activity'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Iris ensata 'Activity' is a Japanese iris for bog gardens and pond margins. It’s grown for large early summer flowers and upright foliage. Japanese...

View full details

18cm Hexagonal Pond Plant Baskets - 3 Litre

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.00 - £20.00
£2.00 - £20.00
Current price £2.00
In stock

Our 18cm Hexagonal Pond Plant Baskets offer a unique and practical planting solution for hobby pond keepers. With a 3 litre capacity, they are idea...

View full details

Iris versicolor 'Kermesina'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Iris versicolor 'Kermesina' is a cultivar of blue flag iris, a wetland iris that suits bog gardens and pond edges. It is a tough iris that copes we...

View full details

Nymphaea 'Gonnere Snowball'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£9.10 - £36.00
£9.10 - £36.00
Current price £9.10
In stock

Nymphaea 'Gonnere' is a hardy white water lily, widely known by the nickname Snowball because the flowers are so full and rounded. It grows from a ...

View full details

Nymphaea 'Arethusa'

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£9.10 - £33.35
£9.10 - £33.35
Current price £9.10
In stock

Nymphaea 'Arethusa' is a hardy water lily often listed as a medium-sized plant with relatively small pads and flowers compared with the big pond cu...

View full details

Lysimachia punctata (Dotted Loosestrife)

Original price £0.00 - Original price £0.00
Original price £0.00
£2.60 - £55.58
£2.60 - £55.58
Current price £2.60
In stock

Lysimachia punctata is dotted loosestrife, a tough perennial with yellow flowers along upright stems. It is not a true marginal, but it likes moist...

View full details

Pond Plant FAQs

What are the best pond plants for a wildlife pond?

The best wildlife pond plants provide a mixture of underwater cover, surface shade, flowering habitat and places for aquatic insects to emerge. A balanced pond can include oxygenating plants, marginal plants and floating-leaved plants such as water lilies. Native species are particularly useful for supporting UK pond wildlife.

How many pond plants do I need for my pond?

The number depends on the size of the pond and the types of plants being used. Rather than filling the whole pond, aim for a mixture of planted areas and open water. As plants establish and spread, they can be divided or thinned to prevent the pond becoming overcrowded.

When is the best time to plant pond plants in the UK?

Spring to early summer is generally the best time to add pond plants in the UK, as rising water temperatures encourage them to establish and grow. Container-grown pond plants can often be added later in the growing season too, provided their individual planting requirements are followed.

Do pond plants help keep pond water clear?

Pond plants can contribute to a healthier, more balanced pond. Oxygenating plants grow beneath the surface, while floating leaves provide shade and other plants use nutrients from the water. Together, a good mixture of plants can help create conditions that are less favourable to excessive algae.

What types of pond plants do I need in a garden pond?

A well-planted pond usually contains several types of aquatic plant. These can include submerged oxygenators, marginal plants for shallow water, floating or floating-leaved plants, and deep-water aquatics. Using several types creates different habitats and gives the pond a more natural appearance.