Ceratophyllum demersum
'Hornwort'

grow along bottom of pond

Location: Full Sun Part Shade

Water Depth: Under water

Plant Height: 1 bag per 5-6sq ft of open surface

Blooms: open bag

Zone: 5-12

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Hippurus vulgaris
'Mares Tail'

excellent cover for young fish

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 60cm 24"

Plant Height: 30-60cm 12"-24"

Blooms: Large green & yellow mottled oval shaped leaves

Zone: 4-10

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Hottonia palustris
'Water Violet'

vigorous grower likes the mud at the edge of pond

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 10-80cm 4"-32"

Plant Height: 10-15cm 4"-6"

Blooms: Pink in May to August

Zone: 5-8

Wintering: Plants overwinters by means of winter resting buds which sinked to the bottom of the pond

Myriophyllum aquatica
'Parrots Feather'

excellent green filter using nutrients that would otherwise feed algae

Location: Under water

Water Depth: 0-90cm 0-36"

Plant Height: 15-20cm 6"-8"

Blooms: n/a

Zone: 5

Wintering: Over winter, below ice in deep ponds or as cutting in an aquarium

Myriophyllum basiliensis
'Red Stem Parrots Feather'

Location: Under water

Water Depth: 0-90cm 0-36"

Plant Height: 40-60cm 16"-24"

Zone: 5

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Myriophyllum propium
'Miniature Parrots Feather'

Location: Under water

Water Depth: 0-90cm 0-36"

Plant Height: 15cm 6"

Blooms: Purple - June to August

Zone: 5

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Nymphoides peltata
'Water Fringe'

close relative to the waterlily family

Location: Under water

Water Depth: 2-45cm 1"-18"

Plant Height: long rhizomes with heart shape leave

Blooms: small yellow 1-2" flowers

Zone: 4-9

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Azolla
'Fairy Moss'

can be invasive ~ not usually eaten by fish

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Top of water

Plant Height: 2cm 3/4"

Blooms: Green or pinkish leaves

Zone: 5-6

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Eichhornia crassipe
'Water Hyacinth'

water purifier

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Top of water

Plant Height: n/a

Blooms: Lavender

Zone: 8

Wintering: n/a

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
'Frogbit'

great for small ponds~ good oxygenator for small ponds

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Top of water

Plant Height: n/a

Blooms: White

Zone: n/a

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Hygroryza aristala

fast spreading

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Top of water

Plant Height: 4cm 2"

Blooms: Inflated leaf sheaths that float felted lance shaped leaves

Zone: 8-10

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Lemna Spp.
'Duckweed'

fish love to eat ~ helps to control algae

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Top of water

Plant Height: n/a

Blooms: n/a

Zone: 3

Wintering: Over winters in the ice of the pond

Pistia stratiodes
'Water Lettuce'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Top of water

Plant Height: 15cm 6"

Blooms: n/a

Zone: 10-12

Wintering: n/a

Salvinia natans
'Water Fern'

helps to control algae

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Top of water

Plant Height: 2cm 3/4"

Blooms: n/a

Zone: 9-10

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Salvinia
'Red Fern'

helps to control algae

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Top of water

Plant Height: 2cm 3/4"

Blooms: more upright then water fern has red stems

Zone: 9-10

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Nymphaea
'Albida'

Location: Full Sun and Still Water

Water Depth: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Plant Height: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Blooms: White

Zone: 10-11

Wintering: Bring in when water temperature drops below 18C-65F. Do not take out of pot, put in cold storage at 5-7C-40-45F. Keep plants moist & dark at all time. Most lilies die from drying out.

Nymphaea
'Chromatella'

Location: Full Sun and Still Water

Water Depth: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Plant Height: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Blooms: Yellow

Zone: 10-11

Wintering: Bring in when water temperature drops below 18C-65F. Do not take out of pot, put in cold storage at 5-7C-40-45F. Keep plants moist & dark at all time. Most lilies die from drying out.

Nymphaea
'Rose Nymphaea'

Location: Full Sun and Still Water

Water Depth: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Plant Height: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Blooms: Soft Pink

Zone: 10-11

Wintering: Bring in when water temperature drops below 18C-65F. Do not take out of pot, put in cold storage at 5-7C-40-45F. Keep plants moist & dark at all time. Most lilies die from drying out.

Nymphaea
'Attraction'

Location: Full Sun and Still Water

Water Depth: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Plant Height: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Blooms: Red

Zone: 10-11

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Nymphaea
'Colorado'

Location: Full Sun and Still Water

Water Depth: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Plant Height:45-60cm 18"-24"

Blooms: Orange

Zone: 10-11

Wintering: Bring in when water temperature drops below 18C-65F. Do not take out of pot, put in cold storage at 5-7C-40-45F. Keep plants moist & dark at all time. Most lilies die from drying out.

Nymphaea
'Aurora'

Dwarf suitable for small ponds, half barrels

Location: Full Sun and Still Water

Water Depth: 30-45cm 12"-18"

Plant Height: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Blooms: Changeable yellow to orange to red

Zone: 10-11

Wintering: Bring in when water temperature drops below 18C-65F. Do not take out of pot, put in cold storage at 5-7C-40-45F. Keep plants moist & dark at all time. Most lilies die from drying out.

Nymphaea
'Miniature'

Location: Full Sun and Still Water

Water Depth: 30-45cm 12"-18"

Plant Height: 30-45cm 12"-18"

Blooms: Assorted colours

Zone: 10-11

Wintering: Bring in when water temperature drops below 18C-65F. Do not take out of pot, put in cold storage at 5-7C-40-45F. Keep plants moist & dark at all time. Most lilies die from drying out.

Nymphaea tropical
'Panama Pacific Purple'

water temp. 26C - 80F

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade and Still Water

Water Depth: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Plant Height: Leaf size 22-27cm 9"-11" Plant 1.2-1.8m 4-6ft

Blooms: Deep violet purple to wine red, very fragrant

Zone: 10-11

Wintering: Bring in when water temperature drops below 18C-65F. Do not take out of pot, put in cold storage at 5-7C-40-45F. Keep plants moist & dark at all time. Most lilies die from drying out.

Alocasia macrorrhiza
'Upright Elephant Ears' also call Colocasia (Taro)

Location: Part Shade

Water Depth: Needs fertile humus soil ~ Moist container

Plant Height: .6-1.8m 2-6 feet space 91cm 36"

Blooms: Glossy green leaves ~ Accent plant

Zone: 10-12

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Colocasia esulenta
'Green Elephant Ear' (Taro)

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1.2-2.4m 4-8 feet

Blooms: Gray Green Leaves ~ Rarely flowers

Zone: 10-12

Wintering: Remove from pot and put in cold storage or keep actively growing as a houseplant. Watch for aphids and spider-mites. Tuber are edible.

Colocasia fontanesii
'Violet Stem Taro'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1.8-2m 6-7 feet

Blooms: Gray green leaves ~ violet stems ~ Rarely flowers

Zone: 8-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Colocasia illustris
'Imperial Taro'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1m 3-4 feet

Blooms: Black leaves bright green vines

Zone: 8-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Colocasia 'Black Magic'
'Black Magic Taro'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1-1.5m 4-5 feet

Blooms: Deep Purple Leaves ~ Rarely flowers

Zone: 7-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Canna 'Australia'

great for pond, patio pot or flower bed

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1-1.5m 4-5 feet

Blooms: Red flower on waxy maroon/ black leaves ~ holds colour well

Zone: 7-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Canna erebus 'Pink'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1-1.5m 4-5 feet

Blooms: Pink ~ large green oblong leaves

Zone: 7-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Canna flaccida
'Golden Yellow '

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1-1.5m 4-5 feet

Blooms: Orange ~ large oblong leaves

Zone: 7-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Canna phaison
'African Sunset'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1-1.5m 4-5 feet

Blooms: Orange ~ Reddish Purple leaves with orange/pink viens

Zone: 7-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Canna pretoria
'Variegated Water Canna'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1m 3-4 feet

Blooms: Orange Leaves with striped creamy yellow/orange

Zone: 7-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Canna 'Red Futurity'
Bronze Water Canna'

Idea for container water garden

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1m 3-4 feet

Blooms: Bright Red flowers on dark bronze black leaves

Zone: 7-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Canna 'Stuttgart'
'Variegated Water Canna'

Location: Part shade

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1.8-2m 6-7 feet

Blooms: Apricot Lance shape leave white/silver and sea/green

Zone: 7-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Canna tanei 'Orange'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 1-1.5m 4-5 feet

Blooms: Orange ~ large red oblong leaves

Zone: 7-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Hibiscus coccineus
'Scarlet Rose Mallow'

Do not put in pond likes moist soils

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog plant Patio Pot

Plant Height: 1m 3-4 feet

Blooms: Bright Red 15cm-6" flower All Summer and Fall

Zone: 6-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Hibiscus moscheutos
'Southern Belle (Swamp)'

Do not put in pond likes moist soils

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog plant Patio Pot

Plant Height: 1-1.5m 3-5 feet

Blooms: Pink White or Yellow All Summer and Fall

Zone: 4-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Houttuynia cordata variegata

can be used as a pot filler

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0" to 3"

Plant Height: 10-30cm 6"-12"

Blooms: White flowers spring & summer

Zone: 5-10

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Zantedeschia aethiopica
'Florists Calla'

easy to overwinter in doors

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 0-30cm 0-12"

Plant Height: 45cm 18"

Blooms: White

Zone: 6-11

Wintering: Keep actively growing as a houseplant or remove from pot and put in cold storage Watch for aphids and spider-mites.

Alisma plantago-aquatica
'Water Plantain'

Suitable for mini ponds

Location: Full Sun to Part shade

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1"-6"

Plant Height: 50-75cm 20" to 30"

Blooms: Tiny White flowers - June to August

Zone: 5-8

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Alternanthera sessilis
'Ruby Leaf Creeper'

Full sun leaves are red; under moderate light, top of leaf is green underside dark red

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 15-25cm 6-10"

Blooms: Tiny white clusters

Zone: 8-10

Wintering: Annual

Bacopa caroliniana
'Lemon Bacopa'

Very lemon scented foliage

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1"- 6"

Plant Height: 5-10cm 2"-4"

Blooms: Blue flowers - June to September

Zone: 9-10

Wintering: Annual

Caltha palustris
'Yellow Marsh Marigold'

Will die back in hot summer heat but will come for fall

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: edges of ponds moist soil or shallow water 1"

Plant Height: 30-45cm 12-18"

Blooms: Golden yellow - spring to summer

Zone: 3-10

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid.

Carex glauca
'Blue Sedge'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 7-10cm, 3-4"

Plant Height: 30-60cm, 2-3"

Blooms: Creamy/ Yellow flower spikes

Zone: 5-9

Wintering: Annual

Carex riparia
'Bowles Golden Sedge'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 7-10cm, 3-4"

Plant Height: 20-30cm, 8-12"

Blooms: Creamy/ Yellow flower spikes

Zone: 5-9

Wintering: Annual

Cephalanthus occidentalis
'Button Bush'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog plant edges of ponds moist soil

Plant Height: 1-32m, 3-10ft shrub

Blooms: creamy white 2.5 cm/1" - flowers in July

Zone: 4

Wintering: Annual

Cyperus alternifolius
'Grande Umberlla Palm'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 2.5-20cm 1" to 8"

Plant Height: 1-1.8m 3-6 feet

Blooms: Pom-pom like seed head

Zone: 8-10

Wintering: Remove from pond before frost, remove yellow leaves, put plants in tubs with water and grow as a houseplant, ferilize to keep growing

Cyperus alternifolius
'Nana Dwarf Umbrella Palm'

for smaller ponds & containers

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 2.5-7cm 1" to 3"

Plant Height: 60cm 24"

Blooms: Whorls of green foliage on top like a parasol

Zone: 8-10

Wintering: Remove from pond before frost, remove yellow leaves, put plants in tubs with water and grow as a houseplant, ferilize to keep growing

Cyperus haspen vivaporous
'Dwarf Papyrus'

for smaller ponds & containers

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1"- 6"

Plant Height: 30-60cm 12- 24"

Blooms: Wispy leaf cluster at tips of thin stems

Zone: 8-10

Wintering: Remove from pond before frost, remove yellow leaves, put plants in tubs with water and grow as a houseplant, ferilize to keep growing

Dichromena colorata
'Star Grass'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-7cm 0-3"

Plant Height: 45cm 18"

Blooms: Top leaves are green with white bracts

Zone: 8-10

Wintering: Annual

Equisetum scirpoides
'Dwarf Scouring Rush or Dwarf Horesetail'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-5cm 0-2" over pot

Plant Height: 1.5m 10"

Blooms: Bamboo like hallow stems

Zone: 4-11

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allow s the roots to breathe during the winter.

Glyceria maxima variegata
'Variegated Mann Grass'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant edges of ponds moist soil

Plant Height: 30-50cm 12-18"

Blooms: Grass with creamy white strips tinged in pink

Zone: 4-9

Wintering: Annual

Gunnera manicata
'Giant Rhubarb'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant edges of ponds moist soil

Plant Height: 1.8-3M 6-9feet spread 1.75m 5ft

Blooms: Gaint Leaves

Zone: 7-9

Wintering: Remove from pot and put in cold storage or keep actively growing as a houseplant. Watch for aphids and spidermites.

Hedychium 'Dr. Moy'
'Variegated Ginger or Shooting Star''

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant edges of ponds moist soil

Plant Height: 1.2m 4 ft

Blooms: Pale yellow to creamy in August ~ fragrance

Zone: 7-9

Wintering: Annual

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
'Gaint Penny Wort'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 4" over pot

Plant Height: 5-15cm 2"-6"

Blooms: n/a

Zone: 5-11

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
'Confetti Penny Wort'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant used as edging for ponds

Plant Height: 5-15cm 2"-6"

Blooms: n/a

Zone: 5-11

Wintering: Annual

Hymenocallis caribaea varigata
'Variegated Spider Lily'

Location: Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 60cm 24"

Blooms: White spidery 15cm-6" flowers

Zone: 10-12

Wintering: Can be grown as a houseplant, never allow it to dry out.

Iris ensata variegate
'Striped Japanese Iris'

Location: Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant edges of ponds moist soil

Plant Height: 50cm 20"

Blooms: Lavender - blue breadless

Zone: 5-9

Wintering: Iris prefers to grow in shallow water and rich soil at blooming time. In fall plant in a sunny garden, they do not like to be submerged in water for winter.

Iris pseudocorus variegata
'Variegated Yellow Flag'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-30cm 0"-12"

Plant Height: 1m 3'

Blooms: Bright Yellow in Spring Green leaves with creamy edge

Zone: 5-9

Wintering: Iris prefers to grow in shallow water and rich soil at blooming time. In fall plant in a sunny garden, they do not like to be submerged in water for winter.

Iris pseudacorus
'Yellow Flag Iris'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-30cm 0"-12"

Plant Height: 1m 3'

Blooms: Bright Yellow in Spring

Zone: 5-9

Wintering: Iris prefers to grow in shallow water and rich soil at blooming time. In fall plant in a sunny garden, they do not like to be submerged in water for winter.

Juncus effusus
'Curly-Wurly'
'Dwarf Corkscrew Rush'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-5cm 0-2" over pot

Plant Height: 20cm 8"

Blooms: blue gray spiraling cylindrical leaves

Zone: 5-9

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allows the roots to breathe during the winter.

Juncus effusus spiralis
'Unicorn Corkscrew Rush'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-5cm 0-2" over pot

Plant Height: 40-60cm 16" to 24"

Blooms: Foliage plant

Zone: 5-9

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allows the roots to breathe during the winter.

Juncus effusus
'Gold Strike'
'Variegated Rush'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-5cm 0-2" over pot

Plant Height: 40-60cm 16" to 24"

Blooms: Foliage plant

Zone: 3-9

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allows the roots to breathe during the winter.

Juncus inflexus
'Afro'
'Blue Medusa Corkscrew'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-5cm 0-2" over pot

Plant Height: 40-60cm 16" to 24"

Blooms: Foliage plant

Zone: 4-11

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allows the roots to breathe during the winter.

Juncus patens
'Blue Spreading Rush'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-5cm 0-2" over pot

Plant Height: 40-60cm 16" to 24"

Blooms: Foliage plant

Zone: 3-9

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allows the roots to breathe during the winter.

Juncus spiralis
'Gold Line'
'Variegated Corkscrew Rush'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1" to 6"

Plant Height: 45cm 18"

Blooms: Foliage plant

Zone: 3-9

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allows the roots to breathe during the winter.

Lindernia grandiflora
'Blue Moneywort'

makes runners that creep along ground

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog plant edges of ponds moist soil

Plant Height: 2.5-8cm 3"-5"

Blooms: Blue in June - August

Zone: 7

Wintering: Annual

Lobelia cardinalis
'Cardinal Flower'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant edges of ponds moist soil

Plant Height: 90cm 36" spread 30cm 12"

Blooms: Red ~ Green leaves All Summer and Fall

Zone: 3-10

Wintering: Hardy perennial

Lobelia cardinalis
'Queen Victoria'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant edges of ponds moist soil

Plant Height: 90cm 36" spread 30cm 12"

Blooms: Red ~ Bronze leaves All Summer and Fall

Zone: 3-10

Wintering: Hardy perennial

Lobelia syphilitica
'Great Blue Lobelia'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant edges of ponds moist soil

Plant Height: 90cm 36" spread 30cm 12"

Blooms: Violet blue flowers August to Sepetember

Zone: 5-9

Wintering: Tender perennial needs to be mulched

Lysimachia punctata
'Alexander'
'Yellow Variegated Loosestrife'

Location: Part Sun Light shade

Water Depth: Bog plant edges of ponds moist soil

Plant Height: 90cm 36"

Blooms: Golden yellow bronze centers in July - August

Zone: 5-10

Wintering: Annual

Marsilea quadrifolia
'Upright Water Clover'

Location: Part Shade

Water Depth: 7cm 3" over pot

Plant Height: 5-15cm 2"-6"

Blooms: Tiny white flower

Zone: 6

Wintering: Annual

Mentha aquatica crispa
'Aquatic Mint'

highly fragrant butterfly like the flowers

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 30-45cm 12-18"

Blooms: Pink-lilac flowers very fragrant

Zone: 5-11

Wintering: Annual

Mimulus
'Bonfire Red'
Red Monkey Flower

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1" to 6"

Plant Height: 30cm 12"

Blooms: Red in June to August

Zone: 7-9

Wintering: Annual

Mysotis scorpoides
'Water Forget- Me-Not'

Location: Part Shade or cool moving water

Water Depth: Moist soil to 1" over pot

Plant Height: 15cm 6"

Blooms: Blue or white flowers

Zone: 3

Wintering: Hardy perennial

Oenanthe fistulosa flamingo
'Rainbow Water Parsley'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog plant for edge of pond

Plant Height: 20cm 8"

Blooms: Frilly carrot like foliage cream, pink and green

Zone: 4-10

Wintering: Annual

Pontaderia corata alba
'White Pickerel Weed'

deadhead for repeat blooms

Location: Full Sun Great for Marginal Shelf

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1" to 6" over pot

Plant Height: 60cm 24"

Blooms: White flowers spring & summer

Zone: 3

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allow s the roots to breathe during the winter.

Pontaderia corata
'Purple Pickerel Weed'

deadhead for repeat blooms

Location: Full Sun Great for Marginal Shelf

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1" to 6" over pot

Plant Height: 60cm 24"

Blooms: Bluish purple flowers July to September

Zone: 3

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allow s the roots to breathe during the winter.

Primula viallii
'Chinese Pagoda Primrose'

Location: Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant great for stream sides

Plant Height: 30cm 12"

Blooms: Bluish violet and pink fragrant

Zone: 7-9

Wintering: Annual

Ranunculus flammula
'Small Creeping Spearwort'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 2.5-7cm 1" to 3" over pot

Plant Height: 15cm 6" ground cover

Blooms: Yellow

Zone: 3

Wintering: Annual

Ruellia brittoniana
'Chi-Chi Pink Bellflower'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 2.5-7cm 1" to 3"

Plant Height: 60-90cm 24"-36"

Blooms: Pink in May to September

Zone: 7-10

Wintering: Annual

Ruellia aquarrosa
'Dwarf Virginia Blue Bells'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant ground cover

Plant Height: 30cm 12"

Blooms: Bright Blue in June to September

Zone: 8-10

Wintering: Annual

Rumex sanguineus
'Bloody Duck'

can be eaten as spinach

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-5cm 0-2"

Plant Height: 40cm 15"

Blooms: Red purple viened leaves

Zone: 4

Wintering: Annual

Sagittaria australis
'Benni Silk Stockings'
'Bronze Arrowhead'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1" to 6"

Plant Height: 40-60cm 16" to 24"

Blooms: Leaves maroon-purple fade to light gray-purple

Zone: 5-11

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Sagittaria gramineus
'Narrow Leaved Arrowhead'

also a good oxygenator

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1" to 6"

Plant Height: 30cm 12"

Blooms: White

Zone: 3-9

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Sagittaria latifolia
'Arrowhead'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1" to 6"

Plant Height: 40-60cm 16" to 24"

Blooms: White in June to August

Zone: 3-10

Wintering: Indoors in an Aquarium

Salvia uliginosa
'Bog Salvia'

Rapid grower

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog Plant 0

Plant Height: 90cm 36"

Blooms: Sky blue in June to August

Zone: 5

Wintering: Annual

Sarracenia purple max
'Dana's Delight'
'Tall Pitcher Plant'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Only bath bottom of pot in water do not submerge

Plant Height: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Blooms: Red/Pink

Zone: 6-7

Wintering: Insect eating plant. Treat as an annual or houseplant.

Sarracenia
'Judith Hindle'
'Pitcher Plant'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Only bath bottom of pot in water do not submerge

Plant Height: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Blooms: Red/white/yellow

Zone: 6-7

Wintering: Insect eating plant. Treat as an annual or houseplant.

Sarracenia leucophylla tarnok
'Pitcher Plant'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Only bath bottom of pot in water do not submerge

Plant Height: 45-60cm 18"-24"

Blooms: White/Pink

Zone: 6-7

Wintering: Insect eating plant. Treat as an annual or as a houseplant.

Saururus cernuus
'Lizard's Tail'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 60-90cm 24"-36"

Blooms: White fragrant flowers in June

Zone: 4-9

Wintering: Annual

Schizostylis coccinea
'Red Kaffir Lily'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 0-15cm 0-6"

Plant Height: 38-60cm 15"-24"

Blooms: Red in June to September

Zone: 7-9

Wintering: Treat as an annual or as a house plant.

Sisyrinchium califonicum
'Golden Eyed Grass'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 0-2.5cm 0-1" over top of pot

Plant Height: 20cm 8"

Blooms: Yellow

Zone: 6

Wintering: Annual

Stachys palustris
'Marsh Woundwort'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: Bog plant 0-7cm 0" to 3" over top of plant

Plant Height: 90cm-1m 3-4 feet

Blooms: Large pink flowers on square stems

Zone: 2

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allow s the roots to breathe during the winter.

Typha minima
'Miniature Cattail'

Excellent for smaller pond

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 2.5-15cm 1" to 6"

Plant Height: 45cm 18"

Blooms: Blue green leaves rounded cattails 2.5cm 1"

Zone: 3-9

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allow s the roots to breathe during the winter.

Wedelia trilobata
'Water Zinnia'

trail along water surface

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 0-5cm 0 to 2"

Plant Height: 5-25cm 2-10"

Blooms: Golden yellow in June to September

Zone: 9

Wintering: Annual

Cyperus papyrus
'Egyptian Papyrus Grass'

Grow in a large pot in Africa it was used to make paper

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 5-30cm 2"-12"

Plant Height: 1.8-2m 6-7ft

Blooms: Large wispy leaf clusters at tips of tall round stems

Zone: 10

Wintering: Remove from pond before frost, remove yellow leaves, put plants in tubs with water and grow as a houseplant, ferilize to keep growing

Echinodorus
'Marble Queen Sword Plant'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 5-30cm 2"-12"

Plant Height: 60-90cm 24"-36"

Blooms: Large green & yellow mottled oval shaped leaves

Zone: 10

Echinodorus muricatus
'Radican Sword'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 5-30cm 2"-12"

Plant Height: 60-90cm 24"-36"

Blooms: Large green oval shaped leaves

Zone: 10

Ranunculus lingua grandiflora
'Greater Spearwort'

Location: Full Sun

Water Depth: 2.5-30cm 1" to 12" over pot

Plant Height: 90cm 36"

Blooms: Golden yellow buttercups

Zone: 4

Scirpus albescens
'Albescens Rush'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 0-30cm 0-12"

Plant Height: 1-1.8m 4 to 6 feet

Zone: 5-10

Thalia dealbata
'Hardy Water Canna'

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 0-30cm 0-12"

Plant Height: 90-121cm 3-4 feet

Blooms: Purple - June to August

Zone: 7

Wintering: Over winter as a houseplant

Typha latifolia variegata
'LargeVariegated Cattail'

pond purifier

Location: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Depth: 15-30cm 6" to 12"

Plant Height: 1.5-1.8m 5-6 feet

Blooms: Cinnamon brown cattails: 7-12cm, 3" to 5"

Zone: 5

Wintering: Can tolerate being frozen solid. Do not remove dead leaf stock that is sticking out of the water as this allow s the roots to breathe during the winter.