Wildlife pond plants
Wildlife ponds will attract and become a home for amphibians, insects (including pollinators) and birds. Choose the right plants to provide food and shelter, as well as managing water temperature and purity^. Frogs will earn their keep by eating slugs for you, while newts, dragonflies, hoverflies, beetles and insects will provide interest and contribute to the ecosystem of your garden.
Zone 1 - pond edge plants
56 plants
Zone 2 - marginal plants
147 plants
Zone 3A - deep water plants
35 plants
Zone 3B - floating plants
6 plants
Zone 3C - oxygenating plants
15 plants
All plants (240)
Canna glauca
Glaucous canna, Glaucous Indian shot
Cardamine pratensis
Ladies smock, Cuckoo flower, Meadow cress
Carex muskingumensis
Palm leaf sedge, Palm sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Palm leaf sedge, Palm sedge
Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme'
Palm branch sedge
Carex muskingumensis 'Silberstreif'
Palm branch sedge
Carex pendula
Weeping sedge, Great drooping sedge, Pendulous sedge
Carex pendula 'Moonraker'
Variegated weeping sedge
Colocasia esculenta
Cocoyam, Taro, Dasheen, West Indian kale, Elephant's ear, Eddo, Green taro, Yam
Eichhornia crassipes
Water hyacinth
Eleocharis acicularis
Needle spike rush, Slender spike rush, Needle rush hair grass, Spike rush
Epimedium x versicolor
Garden hybrid epimedium, Bicolor barrenwort
Epimedium x versicolor 'Neosulphureum'
Garden hybrid epimedium, Bicolor barrenwort
Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum'
Garden hybrid epimedium, Bicolor barrenwort
Equisetum hyemale
Rough horsetail, Dutch rush, Scouring rush
Equisetum scirpoides
Dwarf scouring rush
Eriophorum angustifolium
Common cotton grass, Narrow leaved cotton grass, Cotton grass
Glyceria
Sweet grass, Manna grass, Sweet hay
Glyceria maxima var. variegata
Reed Sweet grass, Great water grass
Gratiola officinalis
Hedge hyssop
Hakonechloa macra
Hakone grass, Urahagusa, Japanese reed grass
Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'
Hakone grass
Hippuris vulgaris
Mare's tail
Hottonia palustris
Water violet, Featherfoil
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Frogbit
Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae
Miniature pennywort
Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Marsh pennywort
Hypericum elodes
Marsh St John's wort
Iris ensata
Japanese water iris, Sword leaved iris, Higo iris
Iris ensata
Japanese water iris, Sword leaved iris, Higo iris
Iris ensata 'Barr Purple East'
Japanese water iris, Sword leaved iris, Higo iris
Iris ensata 'Dinner Plate Jell-O'
Japanese water iris
Iris ensata 'Gold Bound'
Japanese water iris
Iris ensata 'Murasame'
Japanese water iris, Sword leaved iris, Higo iris
Iris ensata 'Ol Man River'
Japanese water iris, Sword leaved iris, Higo iris
Iris ensata 'Pink Frost'
Japanese water iris, Sword leaved iris, Higo iris
Iris ensata 'Returning Tide'
Japanese water iris, Sword leaved iris, Higo iris
Iris ensata 'Rose Queen'
Japanese water iris, Sword leaved iris, Higo iris
Iris ensata Dinner Plate Series
Japanese water iris
Iris laevigata 'Colchesterensis'
Smooth iris, Asiatic swamp iris, Rabbit ear iris
Iris laevigata 'Mottled Beauty'
Smooth iris, Asiatic swamp iris, Rabbit ear iris
Iris laevigata 'Variegata'
Smooth iris, Asiatic swamp iris, Rabbit ear iris
Iris laevigata var. alba
Smooth iris, Asiatic swamp iris, Rabbit ear iris
Iris louisiana 'Heather Stream'
Iris pseudacorus
Water iris, Yellow iris, Yellow flag, Water flag, False iris
Iris pseudacorus 'Flore Pleno'
Water iris, Yellow iris, Yellow flag, Water flag, False iris
Iris sibirica
Siberian iris, Meadow iris
Iris sibirica 'Anniversary'
Siberian iris, Meadow iris