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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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Variegated Reed Sweet Grass (Glyceria maxima variegata)
 
Variegated Reed Sweet Grass (Glyceria maxima variegata)
Variegated Reed Sweet Grass (Glyceria maxima variegata)

Var. Reed Sweet Grass | Glyceria maxima variegata

Wildfowl & Dragonfly Friendly
Purplish-green airy panicles
Strap-shaped cream-striped leaves
Full sun to partial shade
From £15.00
 
Physostegia_virginiana_obedient_plant - Pink Plant - Plants for Ponds
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Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana

Pollinator Friendly
Pink-purple tubular flowers
Lance-shaped toothed green leaves
Full sun to partial shade
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Snakes Head Fritillary | Fritillaria meleagris

UK Native 🇬🇧 | Supports Pollinators 🐝
Chequered, bell-shaped, purple and white.
Slender, narrow, grass-like
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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Common Reed | Phragmites australis

UK Native • Wildfowl Friendly
Purple feathery panicle flowers
Drooping linear green leaves
Full sun to Partial Sun
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Heuchera 'Lime Marmalade' - Green - Plants for Ponds

Heuchera Collection

UK Grown Garden Plants
Airy sprays of tiny flowers
Evergreen leaves in rich shades
Partial Shade to Full Shade
From £30.00
 
Silene (Campion) - Pink Flower Perennial - Plants for Ponds

Cottage Garden Collection

UK Grown Garden Plants
Cottage-style flowers in soft shades
Wildlife-friendly structure for cottage gardens
Full Sun or Partial Shade
From £30.00
 
Heuchera Marmalade 3 litre - Plants for Ponds

Shady Garden Collection

UK Grown Garden Plants
Broad-leaved, low-light tolerant mix
Leafy cover and shelter for shade
Partial Shade or Full Shade
From £30.00
 
Shuttlecock Fern (Matteucia struthiopteris)

Shuttlecock Fern | Matteuccia struthiopteris

Cover for Amphibians 🐸
Bright green, lance-shaped, feathery
Partial to Full Shade
£24.00
 
Bee Foxglove (Digitalis) - Plants for Ponds

Digitalis Collection

UK Grown Garden Plants
Trumpet-shaped spotted flowers
Textured lance-shaped green leaves
Partial Shade to Full Sun
From £30.00
False goats beard - White (Astilbe White)
 
False goats beard - White (Astilbe White)
False goats beard - White (Astilbe White)

False goats beard | Astilbe White

Supports Pollinators 🐝
Pure white feathery plumes.
Fern-like, lush green leaves.
Partial Shade
From £15.00
False goats beard - Pink (Astilbe Pink)
 
False goats beard - Pink (Astilbe Pink)
False goats beard - Pink (Astilbe Pink)

False goats beard | Astilbe Pink

Supports Pollinators 🐝
Soft pink feathery plumes
Fern-like, lush green leaves.
Partial Shade
From £15.00
Primula bullyeyana
 
Primula bullyeyana

Bulley's Primrose | Primula bullyeyana

Supports Pollinators 🐝
Orange-yellow flowers
Lance-shaped leaves.
Full Sun to Partial Shade
£24.00
 

Sea Rush | Juncus maritimus

UK Native • Wildfowl Friendly
Brown seedhead clusters
Narrow cylindrical green stems
Full sun to partial shade
From £15.00
 

Agapanthus Collection

UK Grown Garden Plants
Clustered starburst-like blooms
Long strappy mid-green leaves
Full Sun
£63.00
Eared Lady Fern (Athyrium otophorum okanum)
 
Eared Lady Fern (Athyrium otophorum okanum)
Eared Lady Fern (Athyrium otophorum okanum)

Eared Lady Fern | Athyrium otoph Okanum

Cover for Amphibians 🐸
Light yellow-green fronds with dark purple-red stems.
Partial to Full Shade
£24.00
 

Moisture-Loving Garden Collection

UK Grown Garden Plants
Soft-toned blooms with lush texture
Suited to damp borders and edges
Partial Shade or Full Shade
From £30.00
 
Japanese painted fern (Athyrium nipponicum Metallicum)

Japanese painted fern | Athyrium nipponicum Metallicum

Cover for Amphibians 🐸
Silvery-gray with burgundy veins
Partial to Full Shade
£24.00
Japanese tassel fern (Polystichum polyblepharum)
 
Japanese tassel fern (Polystichum polyblepharum)
Japanese tassel fern (Polystichum polyblepharum)

Japanese Tassel Fern | Polystichum polyblepharum

Cover for Amphibians 🐸
Lustrous, dark green, finely divided
Partial to Full Shade
£24.00
 

Royal fern | Osmunda regalis

UK Native 🇬🇧 | Cover for Amphibians 🐸
Bright green, bipinnate, feathery
Partial to Full Shade
£24.00
Blue Lupin Flower - Plants for Ponds
 
Blue Lupin Flower - Plants for Ponds
Red Lupin Flower - Plants for Ponds
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Lupin Collection

UK Grown Garden Plants
Spikes of colourful pea-flowers
Lush green palmate leaves
Full sun to Partial Shade
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Rockery Plant Collection

UK Grown Garden Plants
Free-flowering, sun-loving blooms
Nectar-rich flowers for pollinators
Full Sun or Partial Shade
£46.00
 

Male Fern | Dryopteris filix mas

UK Native 🇬🇧 | Cover for Amphibians 🐸
Dark green, leathery, pinnate
Partial to Full Shade
£24.00
Primula denticulata
 
Primula denticulata
Primula denticulata

Drumstick Primrose | Primula denticulata

Supports Pollinators 🐝
Purple blooms
Rosette of green leaves
Full Sun to Partial Shade
£24.00
Japanese Wood Fern (Dryopteris erythrosora)
 
Japanese Wood Fern (Dryopteris erythrosora)
Japanese Wood Fern (Dryopteris erythrosora)

Japanese Wood Fern | Dryopteris erythrosora

Cover for Amphibians 🐸
Coppery-red young fronds, maturing to green
Partial to Full Shade
£24.00
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