Marginals
These few plants are separated from the other marginal plants because they need to grow in water that is slightly deeper. Normally about 8 to 12 inch of water above the soil level, whereas the marginals would grow in 2 to 4 inches of water above the soil. They are useful plants that bridge the gap between lilies in the deep water and marginals at the edge.
Mimulus Luteus
Dozens of yellow trumpets grace this useful plant all summer. Trim back hard regularly to have repeat splashes of colour.
Common Name: Monkey Musk
Price: £7.25 ea.
Mimulus Ringens
Longer and narrower leaves than the other Mimulus variates with violet blue flowers on tall stems.
Common Name: Lavender musk
Price: £7.25 ea.
Myosotis Alba
Snow white stars on stems that delicately stand away from the foliage making a mist of dainty contrast. Cut back heavily to get a repeat flowering.
Common Name: White water forget-me-not
Price: £7.25 ea.
Oenanthe Japonica Flamingo
Grown mostly for its stunning variegated pink, white and green foliage ,rather than its tiny creamy white flowers in late summer.
Common Name: Variegated Water Dropwort
Price: £7.25 ea.
Phragmites Communis Variegatus
Variegated form of the native Norfolk reed. Wispy grass like stems wave gracefully in the breeze to wonderful effect.
Common Name: Variegated Norfolk Reed
Price: £5.95 ea.
Physostegia Virginiana
A strong-growing but compact, upright plant with strongly toothed, lance-shaped leaves and dense spikes of dark purplish-pink, tubular flowers.
Common Name: Obedient plant 'Vivid'
Colour: Pink To Mauve
Flowering Period: July-August
Price: £7.25 ea.
Pontederia Cordata
Broad, lance shaped rich green leaves all summer then in August a profusion of bright blue spikes appear till late in the year.
Common Name: Pickerel
Price: £9.95 ea.
Pontederia Cordata Alba
Slightly different angled habit of growth to the blue form with similar leaf but pretty white flowering spikes late into the year.
Common Name: White Pickerel
Price: £7.25 ea.
Pontederia Dilatata
A fantastic plant for the larger pond. The flowers are a soft blue and are produced in great quantities in late summer. Very attractive to bees and are produced at a time of year when other pond plants are fading.
Common Name: Royal Pickerel
Price: £9.95 ea.
Pontederia Lanceolata
Taller than Pontedria cordata with longer blue flower spikes, free flowering with dark green rubbery leaves.
Common Name: Giant Pickerel weed
Price: £9.95 ea.
Preslia Cervina Alba
A cultivar of the mint family, celebrated for its aromatic leaves and delicate white blossoms.
Price: £7.25 ea.
Rumex Sanguineus
Attractive green leaves with bright red veins, mainly grown for its foliage. Perfect for any pond.
Common Name: Red viened water dock
Price: £7.25 ea.
Sagittaria Flora Plena
Giant arrow shaped leaves that give great effect, followed in mid Summer by double white flower balls on separate stems.
Common Name: Double Arrowhead
Price: £7.25 ea.
Sagittaria Japonica
Delicate pointed arrow shaped leaves producing tiny white simple petal flowers with a yellow centre.
Common Name: Arrowhead
Price: £9.95 ea.
Saururus Cernuus
Green lanced-shaped leaves with slender nodding solitary spikes of tiny white fragrant flowers, not invasive, so always worth including in your plant list
Common Name: Lizards Tail
Price: £7.25 ea.