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)
Nymphaea 'James Brydon'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Joey Tomocik'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Marliacea Albida'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Marliacea Chromatella'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Perry's Pink'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Helvola'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea alba
European white lily
Oenanthe javanica 'Flamingo'
Variegated water droplet
Orontium aquaticum
Golden club
Peltandra
Arrow arum
Phragmites australis
Common reed, Carrizo
Phragmites australis
Common reed, Carrizo
Phragmites australis 'Variegatus'
Common reed, Carrizo, Golden rush weed
Phyla nodiflora
Frogfruit
Pistia stratiotes
Water lettuce, Shell flower, Water bonnet, Nile cabbage, Lechuga de agua
Preslia cervina
Blue water spearmint, Hart's pennyroyal, Holt's pennyroyal
Ranunculus flammula
Lesser Spearwort
Ranunculus lingua
Greater Spearwort
Ranunculus lingua 'Grandiflorus'
Greater Spearwort
Ranunculus repens var. pleniflorus
Double flowered creeping buttercup, Creeping buttercup, Creeping crowfoot, Sitfast, Yellow gowan, Rams claws
Rhynchospora colorata
White top sedge
Sagittaria
Arrowhead
Sagittaria sagittifolia
Old World arrowhead, Japanese arrowhead, Common arrowhead
Salvinia
Floating fern, Spangled water fern, Ear-shaped water fern, Water velvet, Cat's tongue
Sarracenia flava
Yellow trumpet, Yellow pitcher plant, Pitcher plant, Huntsman's horn, Side saddle flower
Sarracenia leucophylla
White trumpet, Fiddlers trumpet, Lace trumpets, Crimson pitcher plant, Pitcher plant, Huntsman's horn
Sarracenia purpurea
Huntsman's cup, Pitcher plant, Purple pitcher plant, Huntsman's horn, Side saddle flower
Saururus cernuus
Lizards tail, American swamp lily, Swamp lily, Water dragon
Schoenoplectus lacustris
Zebra rush, Lake club rush, Great bullrush
Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. tabernaemontana 'Albescens'
White rush, Zebra rush
Scirpoides
Round-headed clubrush
Scirpoides holoschoenus
Round-headed clubrush
Scirpus cernuus
Mop sedge, Fibre optics plant, Low bullrush, Slender clubrush, Mini jumping rush
Sparganium erectum
Branched bur-reed
Spartina pectinata 'Aureomarginata'
Prairie cord grass, Cord grass
Thalia dealbata
Water canna, Powdery alligator flag
Typha angustifolia
Narrow leafed cattail
Typha latifolia
Common Cattail, Bullrush, Cossack asparagus, Nail rod
Typha latifolia 'Variegata'
Common Cattail, Bullrush, Cossack asparagus, Nail rod
Typha laxmannii
Laxmann's bulrush, Small reedmace
Typha minima
Least bullrush, Miniature cat tail, Miniature reedmace, Dwarf cat tail
Veronica beccabunga
Brooklime, European brooklime, Cowcress, Limpwort, Water pimpernell, Stockdale
Vinca minor 'Argenteovariegata'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Aureovariegata'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Azurea Flore Pleno'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Blue and Gold'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Bowles's Variety'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor f. alba 'Alba Variegata'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle