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)
Iris sibirica 'White Swirl'
Siberian iris, Meadow iris
Iris versicolor
Blue flag, Poison flag, Flag lily, Vari-coloured iris
Iris versicolor 'Kermesina'
Blue flag, Poison flag, Flag lily, Vari-coloured iris
Juncus effusus 'Spiralis'
Corkscrew rush, Blue green rush
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Brazilian micro sword
Lobelia kalmii 'Blue Shadow'
Kalm's lobelia, Brook lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica 'Alba'
Great lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa 'Fan Lachs'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa 'Fan Tiefrot'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa 'Kompliment Scharlach'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa 'Kompliment Tiefrot'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa 'Pink Elephant'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa 'Sparkling Ruby'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa 'Tania'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lobelia x speciosa 'Vedrariensis'
Hardy bronze leaf lobelia
Lysimachia nummularia
Creeping Jenny, Meadow runagates, Herb twopence, String of sovereigns, Moneywort
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
Yellow creeping Jenny, Creeping Jenny, Meadow runagates, Herb twopence, String of sovereigns, Moneywort
Marsilea
Water clover fern
Marsilea quadrifolia
Four-leafed water clover fern, Upright water clover, Nardoo, Pepperwort
Mentha aquatica
Water mint, Orange mint
Mentha pulegium
Pennyroyal, Pudding grass
Menyanthes trifoliata
Bog bean, Marsh trefoil, Brook bean, Marsh clover, Water shamrock
Myosotis scorpioides
Water forget-me-not, True forget-me-not
Myriophyllum
Water milfoil
Myriophyllum brasiliensis
Red-stemmed parrot's feather, Milfoil, Diamond milfoil
Myriophyllum crispatum
Upright water milfoil
Nymphaea 'Attraction'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Carnea'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Charles de Meurville'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Colonel A.J. Welch'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Colossea'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Darwin'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Escarboucle'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Froebelii'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Gladstoniana'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Gloriosa'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Hermine'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
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