Pond Plants

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...

Nymphaea 'Mary Patricia' is a hardy water lily often sold as a compact, free-flowering plant for tubs, barrels, and smaller ponds. It grows from a ...

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...

Lysimachia vulgaris is yellow loosestrife, a tall, clump-forming wetland plant with bright yellow flowers in summer. It’s a good option when you wa...

Nymphaea 'Conqueror' is a hardy water lily with a distinctive two-tone flower that changes as it opens. It grows from a rhizome, forms rounded pads...

Hottonia palustris, commonly known as Water Violet, is a native aquatic perennial valued for both oxygenation and spring flowers. It grows naturall...

Nymphaea 'Solfatare' is a hardy water lily often sold for small ponds and tubs because it stays relatively compact while still flowering freely. It...

Geum 'Lemon Drop' is a geum with soft lemon-yellow flowers and a long season if you keep it tidy. It’s not a true marginal, but it works on the dam...

Lythrum salicaria 'Robert' is a purple loosestrife cultivar chosen for its flower colour and garden habit. It gives you tall summer flower spikes a...

Mimulus ringens is lavender musk, a wetland plant with purple flowers in summer. It’s a good option if you want a native-style marginal that fits i...

Hypericum perforatum is perforate St John's-wort. You’ll also see it called common St John’s-wort. It’s not a true bog plant, but it can work on th...