Pond Plants

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lilaeopsis brasilensis is Brazilian micro sword, a low, grass-like marginal that can form a short carpet. It is often used to edge ponds and soften...

Monarda didyma 'Bee-Lieve' is a bee balm with bright summer flowers and scented leaves. It suits moist soil and brings a lot of pollinator activity...

Nymphaea 'Sultan' is a hardy water lily introduced by Latour-Marliac in the early 1900s and still grown because the flower colour changes as it age...

Your row reads Nymphaea 'Virgania', but this is almost certainly the hardy cultivar Nymphaea 'Virginia'. It is a free-flowering lily that grows fro...

Hottonia palustris is water violet, a UK native oxygenator with pretty lilac flowers. It grows in shallow water and slow ditches, and it is useful ...