Pond Plants For Spring in the Water Garden

by Peter J May)

On the margins ...

• The Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris and all the species and varieties) are still at it. Brilliant.

• The Water Forgetmenot (Myosotis palustris) is also making waves of blue around the pond.

• Also there is the Golden Club (Oronitium aquaticum)

In the deep water

The Water Hawthorn, Aponogeton distachyos, is flowering its socks off. An amazing plants that comes up from unlimited stygian depths to perform at the most ludicrous times of the year. It still thinks its down in the Cape, nestled in the fynbos looking up at Table Mountain.

Thinking of bogs, the the American Skunk Cabbage is up. Lysichiton Americanum, it looks almost too alien for our water gardens. Its big spathe of a flower is like a starters flag in a motor race and a timely reminder that things have got into gear and now were cruising!

It is very difficult to find a summary of pond plants. It is even more difficult to find out in a table form what colour (if any) the flower is and whether they like sun or shade. Finding size when fully grown is also a challenge .... so I have done the hard work for you. Print this page out and send to your friends as well.

If you want to buy water plants then click here and enter water plants into the search box that comes up  and don't forget Free Water Lilies and Aquatics book ... see below.

 TO SEE FULL GARDEN PLANTS TABLE  CLICK HERE (and be PATIENT large file involved)