This Week’s Best Pond Plants

Pollinator & Amphibian Friendly

Yellow Loosestrife | Lysimachia christinae 'Sunburst'

Bright golden-yellow star flowers

Yellow-green leaves with gold tint

Early-season plants for instant colour, structure and wildlife interest in cooler months.

Spring Starter Pond Pack

£38.00

Trapdoor Snail | Viviparus viviparus

UK-native live pond snails

Eats algae, bottom feeder

Pack of 5

Safe for fish and amphibians

£15.50

Arc-En-Ciel White Waterlily - Plants for Ponds (top)

A white water lily, with green leaves speckled with yellow, waterlilies make great pond plants for shading your pond.

Arc En Ciel Waterlily

Pollinator & amphibian friendly

Pale pink-blushed star blooms

Speckled variegated foliage

Medium, spread 80-100cm

£38.00

Pre-order

Perry's Baby Red Waterlily

Pollinator & amphibian friendly

Intense red compact bloom

Green floating lily pads

Small, spread 60-80cm

From £32.00

Shuttlecock Fern (Matteucia struthiopteris)

Shuttlecock Fern | Matteuccia struthiopteris

Cover for Amphibians 🐸

Bright green, lance-shaped, feathery

Coppery-red young fronds, maturing to green

Japanese Wood Fern (Dryopteris erythrosora)

Japanese Wood Fern | Dryopteris erythrosora

Cover for Amphibians 🐸

Light yellow-green fronds with dark purple-red stems.

Eared Lady Fern (Athyrium otophorum okanum)

Eared Lady Fern | Athyrium otoph Okanum

Cover for Amphibians 🐸

UK Native 🇬🇧 | Supports Pollinators 🐝

Cowslip | Primula veris

Pale Yellow flowers

Wrinkled green foliage

Drumstick Primrose | Primula denticulata

Supports Pollinators 🐝

Purple blooms

Rosette of green leaves

UK Native 🇬🇧 | Supports Pollinators 🐝

Snakes Head Fritillary | Fritillaria meleagris

Chequered, bell-shaped, purple and white.

Slender, narrow, grass-like

Lilac to pale purple blooms

Society Garlic | Tulbaghia violacea

Pollinator Friendly

Narrow strap-like grey-green leaves

Full Sun

Marsh Woundwort | Stachys palustris

Pinkish-purple spiked flowers

Lance-shaped green hairy leaves

Full sun to partial shade

UK Native • Wildfowl Friendly

Branched Bur-reed | Sparganium erectum

Greenish‑white spherical flower heads

Tall, linear keeled green leaves

Fine grass-like green stems

From £24.00

Slender Club Rush | Isolepis cernua

Amphibian Friendly

Tiny white flower heads

Full sun to partial shade

Creamy white fragrant spikes

Pre-order

Lizards tail | Saururus cernuus

Amphibian Friendly

Heart-shaped aromatic green leaves

UK Native • Amphibian Friendly

Pre-order

Bloodwort Wood Dock | Rumex sanguineus

Grown for striking foliage

Dark green leaves, red veins

Full Sun or Partial Shade

Greater Spearwort | Ranunculus lingua Grandiflorus

Bright yellow buttercup flowers

Long lance-shaped green leaves

Lesser Spearwort | Ranunculus flammula

Bright yellow buttercup flowers

Narrow lance-shaped green leaves

Pink-purple tubular flowers

Physostegia_virginiana_obedient_plant - Pink Plant - Plants for Ponds

Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana

Pollinator Friendly

Lance-shaped toothed green leaves

Full sun to partial shade

Dragonfly & Wildfowl Friendly

Gardener's garters | Phalaris arundinacea var picta

Greenish brown flower spikes

Arching green‑cream striped leaves

Amphibious Bistort | Persicaria amphibia