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

 

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

Oxygenators

Depth Plant height

 

Hornwort (N) AN

Starwort (N) AN

 

Free floating

 

 

£2.50 (handful)

£1.50 (weighted bunch)

Spiked water milfoil (N) AN

bare root available

 

30-450 cm

£2.50 (weighted bunch)

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

 

Water crowfoot (N)

bare root available

0-100 cm £2.50 (weighted bunch)

 

Whorled water milfoil (N)

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON

30-100 cm £2.50 (weighted bunch)

 

Curly pondweed (N) AN

bare root available

20-100 cm £2.50 (weighted bunch)

Eel grass AN

50-100 cm

1 litre £6.50

2 litre £8.50

3 litre £10.50

Mare’s tail (N) AN

0-15 cm 25-30 cm

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

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

 

 

Floating aquatics

   

Water soldier (N) available in 1 week

 

 

 

Fogbit (N) available in 1 weeks

Water lettuce (frost tender)

 

 

 

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

Deep water

   

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

Marginals

Depth    Plant height

Sweet flag (N) AN

Variegated sweet flag AN

Variegated slender sweet flag

AN

 

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

 

 

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

Lesser water plaintain (N)  AN

 

0-5 cm 5-20 cm

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

Marsh marigold (N)  AN

0-15cm 30-50 cm

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

​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

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

 

Dutch rush (N) AN

0-15 cm 100-180 cm

9cm £4.50

3 litre £17.00

Cotton grass (N) AN

0-20 cm 30-50 cm

9cm £4.50

Orange peel plant

Not available

0-10 cm 20-60 cm

1 litre £7.00

Iris louisiana ‘Ann Chowning’

AN

0-20 cm 70-90 cm

 

3 litre £17.00

5 litre £25.00

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

Iris pseudacorus ‘Heather stream’

bare root available

AN

 

Iris pseudacorus 'Flore pleno' AN

 

0-15 cm 80-100 cm

 

0-20 cm 60-100 cm

1 litre £7.00

 

3 litre £17.00

Iris pseudacorus ‘Alba’ AN

 

0-20 cm 80-100 cm

1 litre £7.00

3 litre £17.00

 

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

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

White Chinese marshflower

Not available this season

0-5 cm 2-5 cm

1 litre £6.50

Water mint (N)  AN

bare root available

0-20cm              30-60cm

 

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

 

 

 

Water spearmint

0-5 cm 30-40 cm

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

Penny royal (N) AN

0-5 cm 5-30 cm

9 cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

Forget me not (N) AN

0-20 cm            20-30 cm

9 cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

 

Golden club AN

5-30 cm 20-40 cm

1 litre £12.00

2 litre £15.00

Lesser spearwort (N)  AN

bare root available

5-10 cm 25-30 cm

1 litre £7.00

3 litre £17.00

Greater spearwort (N)  AN

bare root available

10-30 cm 60-90 cm

1 litre £7.00

3 litre £17.00

Scarlet lobelia SOLD OUT

Red leaved lobelia SOLD OUT

 

0-15 cm 80-100 cm

9cm £4.50

 

Bloodwort (N)  AN

0-15 cm 50-70 cm

1 litre £4.50

Lizard tail AN

0-20 cm 40-60 cm

1 litre £6.50

Zebra rush not available

5-30 cm 75-100 cm

3 litre £15.00

Greater pond sedge (N)  AN

bare root only

0-15 cm 40-60 cm

2 litre £8.50

Cyperus sedge (N)  AN bare root available

0-20 cm 60-90 cm

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

Umbrella palm (frost tender)

AN bare root only

0-5 cm 100-120 cm

2 litre £8.50

Yellow eyed grass

AN bare root only

0-1 cm 15-30 cm

9 cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

Powdery alligator flag

(frost tender)

OUT OF STOCK

0-15 cm 100-250 cm

1 litre £10.00

2 litre £16.00 

Society garlic AN

0-1 cm 10-50 cm

9cm £4.50

 

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

Miniature reedmace AN

bare root available

1-12 cm 40-60 cm

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

2 litre £12.50

 

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

 

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

Floating water plantain (N)

AN

0-2 cm 1-40 cm

1 litre £7.00

Flowering rush (N) SOLD OUT

3-25 cm 60-100 cm

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

Cuckoo flower (N) 

SOLD OUT

0-5cm 20-30 cm

9 cm £4.50

Moisture loving

Plant height

Price

Bistort (N)  AN

30-80 cm

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

Water avens (N) AN

30-50 cm

9cm £4.50

Giant prickly rhubarb

Not available

150-300 cm

1 litre £15.00

2 litre £21.00

Shuttlecock fern AN

120-150 cm

2 litre £6.00

Sensitive fern AN

30-60 cm

2 litre £6.00

Royal fern (N) AN

Lady fern (N) AN

120-150 cm

45-50 cm

9cm £4.50

9cm £4.50

Blue lobelia

Not available this season

100-120 cm

9cm £4.50

Ragged robin (N) AN

White Ragged robin AN

 

60-100 cm

 

9cm £4.50

 

Giant cowslip

30-60 cm

9cm £4.50

Meadow sweet (N)  AN

60-90 cm

9cm £4.50

Common camas lily (pot or gravel-based planting) SOLD OUT

20-30 cm

1 litre £7.00

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

 

1 litre £7.00

 

1 litre £7.00

3 litre £17.00

9cm £4.50

1 litre £7.00

Mixed primulas (NON NATIVE) AN

10-60 cm

9cm £4.50 each

 

Water Lilies

Depth of water      

Spread

Price

Luck dip lilies - bare root AN pre-order before visit

50-100cm

60-100 cm

£18.00 each

'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

'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

'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

'Charles de Meurville'(Wine coloured blooms) AN

bare root available

40-100 cm (large)

100-150 cm

3 litre - £23.00

'Barbara Dobbins' (yellow/peach blooms) AN

40-90 cm (medium)

70-100 cm

3 litre - £23.00

'Black Princess' (Dark plumb flowers) Premium

bare root available

25-90 cm (medium)

70-80 cm

3 litre - £30.00

5 litre - £50.00

'Colorado' (Salmon pink blooms) AN

bare root available

50-100 cm (large)

70-100 cm

3 litre - £23.00

5 litre - £28.00

'Darwin (Hollandia)' (Soft pink double blooms) AN

bare root available

50-120 cm (large)

100-150 cm

3 litre - £23.00

'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

'Gladstoniana' (Snowy white flowers with golden stamens)

AN

 

50-150 cm (large)

90- 80 cm

3 litre - £23.00

'Gonnere' (Pure white double flowers with golden centres) AN

bare root available

60-90 cm (medium)

75-100 cm

3 litre £23.00

' James Brydon' (Rich carmine red blooms) AN

30-90 cm (medium)

70-90 cm

3 litre - £23.00

' Joey Tomocik' (Deep lemon blooms) AN

30-90 cm (medium)

5-100 cm

3 litre - £23.00

‘Lemon mist’(Pale lemon blooms)

Not available this season

45-90 cm (medium)

70-90 cm

3 litre - £23.00

'Madame Wilfron Gonnere' (Double rose pink flowers) AN

bare root available

 

30-90 cm (medium)

75-100 cm

3 litre -£23.00

5 litre - £28.00

' 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

' Marliacea Chromatella' (Primrose yellow blooms with golden stamens) SOLD OUT

30-90 cm (medium)

75-90 cm

3 litre - £23.00

' Mayla' (Fuchsia pink blooms) SOLD OUT

'Mrs Richmond' (Deep pink blooms) SOLD OUT

 

30-90 cm (medium)

30-100 cm (large)

60-90 cm

80-120 cm

3 litre - £23.00

3 litre - £23.00

'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

 

30-50 cm (medium)

30-90 cm (medium

 

 

30-70 cm (small)

50-70 cm (small)

15-40 cm (small)

 

50-90 cm

80-100cm

 

 

60-80 cm

60-90 cm

30-45cm

 

 

3 litre - £23.00

 

 

1 litre £18.00

2 litre £20.00

2 litre £21.00

'Perry’s Fire Opal' (Deep pink double flowers) SOLD OUT

25-60 cm (medium)

30-90 cm

3 litre - £25.00

'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

'Pink Peony' (Peony shaped flowers bright to dark pink)

Not availbale this season

40-80 cm (medium)

80-100 cm

3 litre - £25.00

'Rose Arey' (Peony shaped flowers bright to dark pink) SOLD OUT

30-70 cm (medium)

50-90 cm

3 litre - £23.00

'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

'Virginalis' (Double white blooms) AN

30-100 cm (large)

90-120cm

3 litre - £23.00

Molluscs

     

Planorbis corneus - Ramshorn snails Native AN

Eats algae from the sides of pond.

 

Large - £1.40 or 5 for £6.00

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.


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