Plant availability list for 2025
Advice can be given on the best plants for your pond.
Please be aware that not all plants will be available from April.
This is a comprehensive list for the whole season.
It will be updated as the season progresses.
Updated 17/04/25
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Plant (N = NATIVE) AVAILABLE NOW =AN |
Planting Depth (above the pot) 1 litre square pots 11cm tall/ 11cm diameter 2 litre round pots 13cm tall/17cm diameter 3.5 litre round pots 13 cm tall/23 diameter 5 litre square pots 15 cm tall/ 24cmx24cm diameter |
Price |
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Oxygenators |
Depth Plant height |
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Hornwort (N) AN Starwort (N) AN
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Free floating
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£2.50 (handful) £1.50 (weighted bunch) |
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Spiked water milfoil (N) AN bare root available
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30-450 cm |
£2.50 (weighted bunch) 9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00
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Water crowfoot (N) bare root available |
0-100 cm | £2.50 (weighted bunch) |
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Whorled water milfoil (N) NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON |
30-100 cm | £2.50 (weighted bunch) |
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Curly pondweed (N) AN bare root available |
20-100 cm | £2.50 (weighted bunch) |
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Eel grass AN |
50-100 cm |
1 litre £6.50 2 litre £8.50 3 litre £10.50 |
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Mare’s tail (N) AN |
0-15 cm 25-30 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 |
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Dwarf hairgrass (N) Pepper grass (N) Fibre optic plant AN Water violet (N) Not available Water shamrock Not available |
0-60 cm 15-40 cm 0-20 cm 15-40 cm 0-10 cm 20-30 cm 5-80 cm 5-15 cm 0- 25 cm 8-15 cm |
9cm £4.50
1 litre £7.00
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Floating aquatics |
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Water soldier (N) available in 1 week
Fogbit (N) available in 1 weeks Water lettuce (frost tender)
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Free floating |
Small - £5.00 SOLD OUT Medium - £7.50 SOLD OUT X Large - £10.00 AN
£4.50 for a handful or 8 seeds £3.50 each |
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Deep water |
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Water Hawthorn AN
Fringed water lily AN
Brandy bottle AN |
10-90 cm 70-90 cm
10-50 cm 10-50 cm
50-100 cm 80-100 cm |
£2.00 each 1 litre £12.00 3 litre £18.00
1 litre £10.00
3 litre £20.00 |
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Marginals |
Depth Plant height |
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Sweet flag (N) AN Variegated sweet flag AN Variegated slender sweet flag AN
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2-15 cm 60-90 cm
1-15cm 50-80 cm
0-5 cm 25-35 cm |
1 litre £7.00 3 litre £17.00
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Water plantain (N) AN
Bare root available |
0-15 cm 60-90 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 2 litre £12.00 3 litre £17.00 |
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Lesser water plaintain (N) AN
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0-5 cm 5-20 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 |
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Marsh marigold (N) AN |
0-15cm 30-50 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 |
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Giant king cup AN Bare root available |
0-20 cm 60-100 cm |
2 litre £14.00 3 litre £17.00 |
| American water plantain |
0-15 cm 60-90 cm |
1 litre £7.00 2 litre £10.00 |
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Bog pimpernel (N) AN Bare root available Bog Arum AN Brass buttons Not available Bog bean (N) AN bare root available |
0-1 cm 5-10 cm 3-15 cm 15-25 cm
0-10 cm 15-20 cm 1 -20 cm 20-30 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00
1 litre £7.00 Bare root £4.50 each 3 litre £17.00 |
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Dutch rush (N) AN |
0-15 cm 100-180 cm |
9cm £4.50 3 litre £17.00 |
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Cotton grass (N) AN |
0-20 cm 30-50 cm |
9cm £4.50 |
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Orange peel plant Not available |
0-10 cm 20-60 cm |
1 litre £7.00 |
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Iris louisiana ‘Ann Chowning’ AN |
0-20 cm 70-90 cm |
3 litre £17.00 5 litre £25.00 |
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Iris louisiana ‘Black gamecock’ AN Iris louisiana ‘Her highness’ SOLD OUT
Iris louisiana ‘Dancing vogue’ Not available this season
Iris louisiana ‘Waihi wedding’ Not available this season
NEW Iris louisiana 'Wizard of Aussie' SOLD OUT
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0-20 cm 80-100 cm 0-15 cm 75-90 cm
20 cm 90-120 cm
10cm 90-120 cm
10cm 90-120 cm |
1 litre £7.00 3 litre £17.00 5 litre £25.00
3 litre £17.00
3 litre £17.00
3 litre £17.00
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Iris pseudacorus ‘Heather stream’ bare root available AN
Iris pseudacorus 'Flore pleno' AN
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0-15 cm 80-100 cm
0-20 cm 60-100 cm |
1 litre £7.00
3 litre £17.00 |
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Iris pseudacorus ‘Alba’ AN
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0-20 cm 80-100 cm |
1 litre £7.00 3 litre £17.00
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Iris pseudacorus ‘Yellow flag’(N) AN bare root available Iris pseudacorus ‘Bastardii’ AN bare root available |
0-20 cm 80-100 cm |
Bare root £2.00 each 1 litre £7.00 3 litre £17.00 5 litre £25.00 |
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Iris Sibirica 'Snow Queen' Not available this season Iris Versicolor AN
Iris versicolor ‘Kermesina’ AN
Iris pseudacorus ‘Variegata’ AN SALE |
0 cm 60-90 cm
0-15cm 60-90 cm
0-15cm 60-90 cm
0-15 cm 50-100 cm |
1 litre £7.00
9cm £4.50
1 litre £7.00
3 litre £17.00
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Corkscrew rush AN
Soft rush (N) Water cress (N) AN Duck potato AN Arrowhead (N) SOLD OUT Japanese arrowhead (N) AN |
0-10 cm 25-45 cm
0-15 cm 30-60 cm 0-10cm 15-60 cm 2-20 cm 40-100cm
1-20 cm 50-70 cm |
9 cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00
9 cm £3.50 1 litre £7.00 9 cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00
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Creeping jenny (N) AN
Golden creeping jenny AN |
0-20 cm 10-15 cm
0-20 cm 10-15 cm |
9cm £4.50
1 litre £7.00 |
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White Chinese marshflower Not available this season |
0-5 cm 2-5 cm |
1 litre £6.50 |
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Water mint (N) AN bare root available |
0-20cm 30-60cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00
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Water spearmint |
0-5 cm 30-40 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 |
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Penny royal (N) AN |
0-5 cm 5-30 cm |
9 cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 |
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Forget me not (N) AN |
0-20 cm 20-30 cm |
9 cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00
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Golden club AN |
5-30 cm 20-40 cm |
1 litre £12.00 2 litre £15.00 |
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Lesser spearwort (N) AN bare root available |
5-10 cm 25-30 cm |
1 litre £7.00 3 litre £17.00 |
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Greater spearwort (N) AN bare root available |
10-30 cm 60-90 cm |
1 litre £7.00 3 litre £17.00 |
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Scarlet lobelia SOLD OUT Red leaved lobelia SOLD OUT
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0-15 cm 80-100 cm |
9cm £4.50
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Bloodwort (N) AN |
0-15 cm 50-70 cm |
1 litre £4.50 |
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Lizard tail AN |
0-20 cm 40-60 cm |
1 litre £6.50 |
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Zebra rush not available |
5-30 cm 75-100 cm |
3 litre £15.00 |
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Greater pond sedge (N) AN bare root only |
0-15 cm 40-60 cm |
2 litre £8.50 |
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Cyperus sedge (N) AN bare root available |
0-20 cm 60-90 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 |
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Umbrella palm (frost tender) AN bare root only |
0-5 cm 100-120 cm |
2 litre £8.50 |
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Yellow eyed grass AN bare root only |
0-1 cm 15-30 cm |
9 cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 |
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Powdery alligator flag (frost tender) OUT OF STOCK |
0-15 cm 100-250 cm |
1 litre £10.00 2 litre £16.00 |
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Society garlic AN |
0-1 cm 10-50 cm |
9cm £4.50
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Medium reedmace AN Variegated bulrush Not available |
1-30 cm 100-150 cm 1-30 cm 200-240 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 2 litre £12.00 3 litre £17.00 |
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Miniature reedmace AN bare root available |
1-12 cm 40-60 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 2 litre £12.50
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Pickerel weed - Blue AN White pickerel weed AN Giant pickerel weed AN bare root available |
5-20 cm 70-90 cm 5-20 cm 50-70 cm 5-20 cm 90-120 cm |
1 litre £7.00 3 litre £17.00 5 litre £25.00 |
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Veronica beccabunga (trailing) (N) AN bare root available Marsh St John's wort (trailing) (N) AN bare root only Marsh cinquefoil (N) AN bare root available |
0-15cm 20-30cm 0-5 cm 20-30 cm 0-10cm 30-50cm |
9cm £4.50 9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 2 litre £12.00 |
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Floating water plantain (N) AN |
0-2 cm 1-40 cm |
1 litre £7.00 |
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Flowering rush (N) SOLD OUT |
3-25 cm 60-100 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 |
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Cuckoo flower (N) SOLD OUT |
0-5cm 20-30 cm |
9 cm £4.50 |
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Moisture loving |
Plant height |
Price |
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Bistort (N) AN |
30-80 cm |
9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 |
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Water avens (N) AN |
30-50 cm |
9cm £4.50 |
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Giant prickly rhubarb Not available |
150-300 cm |
1 litre £15.00 2 litre £21.00 |
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Shuttlecock fern AN |
120-150 cm |
2 litre £6.00 |
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Sensitive fern AN |
30-60 cm |
2 litre £6.00 |
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Royal fern (N) AN Lady fern (N) AN |
120-150 cm 45-50 cm |
9cm £4.50 9cm £4.50 |
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Blue lobelia Not available this season |
100-120 cm |
9cm £4.50 |
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Ragged robin (N) AN White Ragged robin AN
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60-100 cm |
9cm £4.50
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Giant cowslip |
30-60 cm |
9cm £4.50 |
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Meadow sweet (N) AN |
60-90 cm |
9cm £4.50 |
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Common camas lily (pot or gravel-based planting) SOLD OUT |
20-30 cm |
1 litre £7.00 |
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White rain lilies (pot or gravel-based planting) SOLD OUT
Arum lily AN Purple loosestrife AN bare root only bare root available |
15-30 cm
0-20 cm 60-90 cm
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1 litre £7.00
1 litre £7.00 3 litre £17.00 9cm £4.50 1 litre £7.00 |
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Mixed primulas (NON NATIVE) AN |
10-60 cm |
9cm £4.50 each |
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Water Lilies |
Depth of water |
Spread |
Price |
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Luck dip lilies - bare root AN pre-order before visit |
50-100cm |
60-100 cm |
£18.00 each |
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'Alba' (White blooms with yellow centre) Native AN 'Albatross' (Brilliant white blooms) available in 2 weeks |
50-150 cm (large) 40-90 cm (medium) |
80-150 cm 60-100cm |
3 litre - £23.00 3 litre - £23.00 5 litre - £28.00 10 litre - £45.00 |
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'Almost black' (Plum blooms) AN bare root available 'Arc-En-Ciel' (White - pink blushed star-like blooms) Not available this season |
30-80 cm (medium) 30-60 cm (medium) |
70-90 cm 80-100 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 5 litre - £28.00 10 litre - £45.00 3 litre - £23.00 |
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'Attraction'(Large deep rose-red blooms) AN bare root available |
40-100 cm (large) |
80-120 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 5 litre - £28.00 |
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'Charles de Meurville'(Wine coloured blooms) AN bare root available |
40-100 cm (large) |
100-150 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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'Barbara Dobbins' (yellow/peach blooms) AN |
40-90 cm (medium) |
70-100 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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'Black Princess' (Dark plumb flowers) Premium bare root available |
25-90 cm (medium) |
70-80 cm |
3 litre - £30.00 5 litre - £50.00 |
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'Colorado' (Salmon pink blooms) AN bare root available |
50-100 cm (large) |
70-100 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 5 litre - £28.00 |
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'Darwin (Hollandia)' (Soft pink double blooms) AN bare root available |
50-120 cm (large) |
100-150 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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'Gloire de Temple Sur Lot' (Large light pink blooms with upward of 100 petals) AN bare root available |
60-90 cm (large) |
100-120 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 5 litre - £28.00 |
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'Gladstoniana' (Snowy white flowers with golden stamens) AN
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50-150 cm (large) |
90- 80 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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'Gonnere' (Pure white double flowers with golden centres) AN bare root available |
60-90 cm (medium) |
75-100 cm |
3 litre £23.00 |
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' James Brydon' (Rich carmine red blooms) AN |
30-90 cm (medium) |
70-90 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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' Joey Tomocik' (Deep lemon blooms) AN |
30-90 cm (medium) |
5-100 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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‘Lemon mist’(Pale lemon blooms) Not available this season |
45-90 cm (medium) |
70-90 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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'Madame Wilfron Gonnere' (Double rose pink flowers) AN bare root available
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30-90 cm (medium) |
75-100 cm |
3 litre -£23.00 5 litre - £28.00 |
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' Marliacea Albida' (White blooms with golden stamens) SOLD OUT ' Marliacea Carnea' (Pale pink blooms) AN bare root available |
30-90 cm (medium) 50-120 cm (large) |
75-90 cm 80-120 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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' Marliacea Chromatella' (Primrose yellow blooms with golden stamens) SOLD OUT |
30-90 cm (medium) |
75-90 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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' Mayla' (Fuchsia pink blooms) SOLD OUT 'Mrs Richmond' (Deep pink blooms) SOLD OUT
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30-90 cm (medium) 30-100 cm (large) |
60-90 cm 80-120 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 3 litre - £23.00 |
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'Odorata Firecrest' ( Fragrant light pink blooms) AN bare root available 'Odorata Sulphurea' ( Sulphur yellow blooms) SOLD OUT
'Perry's baby red' (Deep red blooms) AN only a few left 'Liou' (Dark red blooms) SOLD OUT 'Xiafei' (petite red blooms and green foliage) SOLD OUT
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30-50 cm (medium) 30-90 cm (medium
30-70 cm (small) 50-70 cm (small) 15-40 cm (small)
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50-90 cm 80-100cm
60-80 cm 60-90 cm 30-45cm
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3 litre - £23.00
1 litre £18.00 2 litre £20.00 2 litre £21.00 |
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'Perry’s Fire Opal' (Deep pink double flowers) SOLD OUT |
25-60 cm (medium) |
30-90 cm |
3 litre - £25.00 |
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'Perry’s Orange Sunset' (Rich peach blooms with mottled leaves) Premium bare root available |
25-60 cm (medium) |
30-90 cm |
3 litre - £25.00 5 litre - £30.00 10 litre - £45.00 |
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'Pink Peony' (Peony shaped flowers bright to dark pink) Not availbale this season |
40-80 cm (medium) |
80-100 cm |
3 litre - £25.00 |
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'Rose Arey' (Peony shaped flowers bright to dark pink) SOLD OUT |
30-70 cm (medium) |
50-90 cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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'Snow princess' (Small white blooms) Not available this season 'Pygmaea alba' (Small white blooms) AN |
20-50 cm (dwarf) 20-50 cm (dwarf) |
30-50 cm 30-50 cm |
1 litre - £15.00 |
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'Virginalis' (Double white blooms) AN |
30-100 cm (large) |
90-120cm |
3 litre - £23.00 |
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Molluscs |
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Planorbis corneus - Ramshorn snails Native AN |
Eats algae from the sides of pond. |
Large - £1.40 or 5 for £6.00 |
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Viviparus viviparous - Trapdoor snails Native AN |
Eats algae from the bottom of pond. |
Large - £1.40 |
Business hours - 2025
Open every week
FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
SATURDAY 10AM-4PM
SUNDAY 10AM-4PM
For all enquiries for plant availability for 2025
Phone 01834831585 or email thewatermargins@msn.com
See News for details.
