Native Plants

Native Marginal Plants

Acorus calamus Native. Sharp Iris like foliage which gives off a sweet scent when crushed or damaged. Strong grower unless contained. Height 24 inch plus. Price: £3.85  Quantity:

Butomus umbellatus Native. Delicate reed foliage standing 24 inches high by mid summer with a beautiful umbrella of pink flowers. A ideal plant to grow as combination arrangement. Price: £3.85  Quantity:

Caltha palustrus Native. Marsh Marigold. First splash of colour in early Spring. Buttercup yellow flowers amongst neat clump forming foliage. Price: £3.50  Quantity:

Cyperus Longus Native. Course stemmed rush standing 18 inches or so high. A spectacular flower head spray of grass seed heads. Keep restricted. Price: £3.50  Quantity:

Eleocharis (Hair grass) Pretty clump forming grass only 4-5 inch high bright lush green foliage useful as a backcloth to a taller plant Price: £3.00  Quantity:

Eriophorum angustifolium Native. Very showy grass when flowering in July with a carpet of white fluffy cotton wool buds. Only 12-15 inch high. Keep restricted. Price: £3.85  Quantity:

Iris pseudocorus Native. Broad, sword shaped, leaves. Giving a clean outline to crisp yellow bloom in late spring. A must for a natural or ornamental waterside. Price: £4.85  Quantity:

Juncus Effusus Native. A short reed of perhaps no more than 12 inch height . Dark green erect stems with hazel brown tufty seed heads in late Summer. Price: £2.00  Quantity:

Lysimachia nummularia Creeping stems with small clean sage green cup shaped foliage. Myriads of bright yellow flower near all Summer. Price: £3.00  Quantity:

Lythrum salicara Native. Tall woody stemmed plant of erect habit and neat foliage. In August the purple brush of tiny flowers makes bright late splash of colour. Price: £4.85  Quantity:

Mentha aquatica Native. Dusty purple green foliage standing 12 inches high and lavender puff ball flower heads. Scented foliage if crushed. (Common name :- ) Price: £3.00  Quantity:

Menyanthes trifoliata Bean like foliage on a creeping root stock. Useful to disguise pond edges, pink flower buds open to delicate white stars. Only 9 inches high. Price: £3.85  Quantity:

Mimulus leteus Native. Dozens of yellow trumpets grace this useful plant all summer. Trim back hard regularly to have repeat splashes of colour. Price: £3.00  Quantity:

Mimulus ringens Erect habit slender stems reaching 18 inches in height with clusters of deep lavender flowers in July and August. Remove dead flower heads to get a second flush. Price: £3.00  Quantity:

Myosotis palustrus Native. Creeping edge plant, very free flowering with pale blue forget-me-not shaped flowers all summer. Useful companion plant. Price: £3.00  Quantity:

Sagittaria Sagitifolia Native. Same effective arrow shaped leaves but the delicate simple white flowers have a black centre Price: £3.00  Quantity:

Saurarus Cernuus Bright lime green heart shaped foliage that by late Summer has a splash of colour from the drooping white lambs tail flowers. Price: £3.00  Quantity:

Typha angustifolia Not strictly speaking a bulrush but commonly recognised by most because of the cigar shaped flower head. A medium sized variety of about 4 to 5 feet in height. Price: £4.85  Quantity:

Typha latifolia Native. The common Bulrush looks very dramatic in a large water garden display. Keep restricted in a small pond. The large variety growing sometimes, 5 feet or more, in height. Price: £4.85  Quantity:

Veronica beccabunga Native. Creeping dark foliage never higher than 4-5 inches produces clusters of small blue flowers all summer. Price: £3.00  Quantity:

Deep Water Plants

Nymphoides peltata Water Poppy. Small lily like leaves about an inch in diameter, and brilliant deep yellow buttercup like flowers most of the summer held above the surface. Propagates by surface runners that travel across the pond floor, but is easy to control and is not invasive. Price: £3.50  Quantity:

Native Floating Plants

Lemna Gibba Small circular discs of bronzy colour about 7-8 mm in diameter with thick roots dangling below the surface. Not so quick growing as Lemna Minor. Price: £1.50  Quantity:

Lemna minor Three segmented pale green leaves of about 2-3 mm each, floating on the surface with delicate white network of roots dangling below. Price: £1.50  Quantity:

Lemna Trisulca Quite different form of duckweed with ivy leaved pale green foliage held just below the surface of the water. Develops into thick masses but is slow growing and pleasing to grow. Price: £1.50  Quantity:

Native Oxygenating Plants

Oxygenating plant each Probably the best of the submerged oxygenators, working through a large temperature range and is available most times of the year. Easy to grow. Price: £0.85  Quantity: