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Waterlilies
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Pollinator Haven Garden Collection

£50.00

Oxygenator Pond Plant Pack

£36.00

Pygmaea Helvola Waterlily

£32.00

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£50.00

Plants for Shady Ponds

Plants for Shady Ponds

Got a shady pond or low-light garden corner? These plants are perfect. They’re naturally adapted to thrive with less sun, offering texture, flowers and wildlife cover even in tricky spots.

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Brandy Bottle | Nupar lutea

UK Native • Pollinator & Amphibian Friendly
Bright yellow, buttercup-like
Large rounded lily-like leaves
Full Sun or Partial Shade
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Watercress | Rorippa nasturtium aquaticum

UK Native • Newt Friendly
Small white four-petaled flowers
Oval bright green leaves
Full sun to partial shade
From £15.00
 

Iris louisiana 'Black Gamecock'

Pollinator & Amphibian Friendly
Deep velvety purple flowers
Tall sword-like green leaves
Full sun to Partial Shade
From £15.00
 
Curly Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)

Curly Pondweed | Potamogeton crispus

UK Native • Amphibian Shelter
Bunched, Medium Growth
Curled narrow translucent leaves
£15.50
 

Amphibious Bistort | Persicaria amphibia

UK Native • Pollinator Friendly
Bright pink flower spikes
Glossy green lance-shaped leaves
Full Sun or Partial Shade
From £24.00
 

Lesser Spearwort | Ranunculus flammula

UK Native • Pollinator Friendly
Bright yellow buttercup flowers
Narrow lance-shaped green leaves
Full sun to Partial Shade
From £15.00
 

Cuckoo Flower | Cardamine pratensis

UK Native • Pollinator Friendly
Pale lilac to white blooms
Light green divided leaves
Full sun to Partial Shade
From £15.00
 

Chinese Marshflower | Mazus reptans

Pollinator Friendly
Tiny blue‑mauve spring flowers
Dense small rounded green leaves
Full sun to Partial Shade
From £15.00
Silene_flos-cuculi_ragged_robin (Lychnis) _ Pink Flower - Plants for Ponds
 
Silene_flos-cuculi_ragged_robin (Lychnis) _ Pink Flower - Plants for Ponds

Ragged Robin | Silene flos-cuculi 'Jenny'

UK Native • Pollinator Friendly
Soft pink ragged flowers
Narrow lance-shaped green leaves
Full sun to partial shade
From £15.00
 
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Water Shamrock | Marsilea quadrifolia

Amphibian Shelter
Potted, Fast Growth
Clover-like four-lobed green leaves
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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Smooth Frogbit | Limnobium laevigatum

Amphibian Friendly
Medium Growth
Rounded, spongy floating green leaves
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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Arum Lily | Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Crowborough'

Pollinator Friendly
Pure white spathes, yellow spadix
Semi-evergreen, arrow-shaped leaves
Full Sun or Partial Shade
From £15.00
 
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Arrowhead | Sagittaria sagittifolia

UK Native • Pollinator Friendly
White, dark purple centres
Arrow-shaped, narrow leaves
Full Sun or Partial Shade
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Common Monkey Flower | Mimulus guttatus

Pollinator Friendly
Bright yellow trumpet blooms
Broad soft mid‑green leaves
Full Sun to Partial Shade
From £15.00
Pickerel Weed is a Pond Plant, that produces lilac flower spikes, loved by bees
 
Pickerel Weed is a Pond Plant, that produces lilac flower spikes, loved by bees

Pickerel Weed | Pontederia cordata

Dragonfly & Pollinator Friendly
Tall blue flower spikes
Glossy heart-shaped leaves
Full Sun
From £15.00
 

Corkscrew rush | Juncus effusus var. spiralis

Amphibian Friendly
Small inconspicuous brown spikes
Spirally coiled deep green stems
Full sun to Light Partial Shade
From £15.00
 

Brazilian Micro Sword | Lilaeopsis brasilensis

Amphibian Shelter
Potted, Slow Growth
Slender grass-like green leaves
Full Sun to Part Shade
From £15.00
 

Water Spearmint | Mentha cervina

Pollinator & Amphibian Friendly
Lilac flowered aromatic spikes
Fine green spear-mint leaves
Full sun or partial shade
From £15.00
 

Upright Water Milfoil | Myriophyllum crispatum

Amphibian Shelter
Potted, Medium Growth
Bright green feathery upright stems
Full Sun to Partial Shade
From £15.00
 
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Wholred Water Milfoil | Myriophyllum verticillatum

UK Native • Amphibian Shelter
Bunched, Fast Growth
Thread-like whorled green leaves
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Miniature Pennywort | Hydrocotyle nova zealand

Amphibian Shelter
Potted, Medium Growth
Tiny scalloped green leaves
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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Iris louisiana 'Ann Chowning'

Pollinator & Amphibian Friendly
Rich velvety red flowers
Tall sword-like green leaves
Full sun to Partial Shade
From £15.00
 

Apache beads | Anemopsis californicum

Pollinator Friendly
White blooms tinged pink
Broad green leaves, red-tinged
Full Sun or Partial Shade
From £15.00
Spiked Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) - Plants for Ponds
 
Spiked Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) - Plants for Ponds

Spiked Water Milfoil | Myriophyllum spicatum

UK Native • Amphibian Shelter
Bunched, Fast Growth
Finely divided whorled green leaves
£15.50
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