Fish pond plants
Keeping fish like goldfish in your pond is rewarding and creates a calming focal point in the garden. Planting the right plants will keep your pond healthy and your pond pets happy.^; Top tip: For most fish ponds, you will need a power source to run a pump and filter to purify and aerate the water.
Zone 1 - pond edge plants
56 plants
Zone 2 - marginal plants
139 plants
Zone 3A - deep water plants
35 plants
Zone 3B - floating plants
5 plants
Zone 3C - oxygenating plants
15 plants
All plants (231)
Acorus gramineus
Dwarf sweetflag, Grassy sweetflag
Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
Dwarf sweetflag, Grassy sweetflag
Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus'
Dwarf sweetflag, Grassy sweetflag
Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristatum Group'
Harts tongue fern, Crested Harts tongue fern
Carex elata 'Aurea'
Bowles's golden sedge, Tufted sedge, Stiff sedge, European tussock sedge
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Honeyballs, Button willow
Hakonechloa macra
Hakone grass, Urahagusa, Japanese reed grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea'
Hakone grass, Urahagusa, Japanese reed grass
Hosta
Plantain lily, Funkia
Iris laevigata
Smooth iris, Asiatic swamp iris, Rabbit ear iris
Iris pseudacorus 'Variegata'
Water iris, Yellow iris, Yellow flag, Water flag, False iris
Lobelia x speciosa 'Fan Blau'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa 'Fan Scharlach'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker'
Yellow loosestrife, Fringed loosestrife, Hairy loosestrife
Vinca minor
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Illumination'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Ralph Shugert'
Lesser periwinkle, Common periwinkle
Vinca minor f. alba
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Acorus gramineus
Dwarf sweetflag, Grassy sweetflag
Acorus gramineus 'Hakuro-nishiki'
Dwarf sweetflag, Grassy sweetflag
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Water plantain, Mad dog weed
Anagallis tenella
Pink bog pimpernel
Anemonopsis californica
Yerba Mansa, Apache Beads
Aponogeton distachyos
Cape pondweed, Water hawthorn, Edible pond blossom
Arundo donax
Giant reed, Carrizo, Cana bravo
Arundo donax var. versicolor
Giant reed, Carrizo, Cana bravo
Asclepias curassavica
Blood flower milkweed, Indian root, Swallow-wort, Batal, Bastard pecacuanha, Flor de seda
Asclepias curassavica 'Red Butterfly'
Blood flower milkweed, Indian root, Swallow-wort, Batal, Bastard pecacuanha, Flor de seda
Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's tongue fern
Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's tongue fern
Asplenium scolopendrium 'Angustifolia'
Hart's tongue fern
Asplenium scolopendrium Crispum Group
Hart's tongue fern
Astilbe 'Avalanche'
False goats beard
Bacopa caroliniana
Water hyssop
Baldellia ranunculoides
Lesser plantain
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Sea club rush
Butomus umbellatus
Flowering rush, Water gladiolus, Grassy rush
Calla palustris
Water arum, Bog arum, Wild calla, Water dragon, Marsh calla
Calopsis paniculata
Paniculate restio, Besemgoed
Caltha polypetala
Kingcup, Marsh marigold, Himalayan marsh marigold
Canna 'Erebus'
Canna lily, Water canna
Canna 'Ra'
Canna lily, Water canna
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