Category Archives: Pond Plants & Aquatics
Houttuynia cordata ‘Chameleon’
A colourful little character that makes excellent groundcover that brighten up a sunny or partially shaded border with its cheerful foliage that consists of green with a cream margin and are often flushed with red. In late spring dense spikes of white flower emerge from the crown. The Houttuynia quite happily tolerates most soils and
Oenanthe fistulosa ‘Flamingo’
A gorgeous little aquatic that makes its mark in a pond margin setting with its variegated foliage which is green, pink and cream colouring with heavily toothed edging, these leaves intensify in colour in the autumn as the colder weather expresses its deciduous nature. In summer small white flowers are numerous and these will attract
Pontederia cordata – Pickerel weed
The delightfully named Pickerel weed is a large perennial aquatic marginal plant.It forms large heart shaped ovate leaves that are bright green coloured.In late summer erect stems bearing deep blue flowers that form long spikes of tubular shaped florets are produced making for a stunning sight on a ponds edge.Pontederia grows well if planted in
Ranunculus flammula – Lesser Spearwort
Another of our great aquatic native plants that can be planted in up to a depth of twenty centimetres of water on a ponds edge. This herbaceous perennial is noted for its bright yellow glossy flowers that give away its part of the Buttercup family, they have a long flowering period starting May but continuing
Sagittaria graminea – Grassy Arrowhead
Hardy aquatic plant that is a dwarf species is a great for the margins of a pond.The plant characteristics consist of narrow mid-green leaves are perennial and clump forming. Between May an August this plant produces a single, three petalled pure white flowers which are born on single stems and are spread generously throughout the
