Specialist nursery for pond, marginal and moisture loving plants
Moisture Loving Plants
This selection of plants includes bog plants that thrive in wet soil, as well as plants for moist but well drained areas which includes some beds and borders.
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Luzula sylvatica
(Great wood rush)
Clump forming perennial with hairy edged grass leaves and panicles of brown flowers in early summer.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: sand / clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£5.00
Lychnis flos-cuculi
(Ragged Robin)
Perennial with upright stems of star shaped pink flowers in early summer.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: sand / clay / loam
- Flowering Period: Summer
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.00
Lysimachia candela
Rhizomataus perennial with compact rosettes of green leaves and spikes of white saucer shaped flowers.
- Position: Moist but well drained - full sun / part shade
- Soil: loam / clay
- Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.50
Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker'
Herbaceous perennial with striking foliage of lance shaped purple/bronze leaves and star shaped lemon yellow flowers.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: clay / loam / chalk / sand
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 1 metre
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.00
Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'
(loosestrife)
Clump forming herbaceous perennial with green and cream margined leaves and bright yellow star shaped flowers.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer - autumn
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.00
Lythrum 'Robert'
(Loosestrife 'Robert')
Perennial with rose pink flowers. Good late summer interest for moisture retentive areas.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.50
Lythrum salicaria
(Purple Loosestrife)
Perennial with long stems, willow like leaves and spikes of small purple flowers. Great for wildlife ponds.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
- Height: 1 - 1.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Planting Depth: Can be submerged in pond margins up to 10cm deep or planted in reliably wet soil.
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.50
Matteuccia struthiopteris
(Shuttle cock fern)
A deciduous fern which starts off with unfurling bright green fronds making an upright fern that looks like the feathers of a shuttle cock.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£8.50
Mentha aquatica
(water mint)
Scented perennial with dark green leaves and rounded terminals pink purple flowers.
- Position: MARGINAL - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Planting Depth: Can be planted up to 10cm deep in water or wet soil at pond margins.
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.00
Myosotis scorpioides
(water forget me not)
Stems of bright blue flowers appear mid summer. Great plant for wildlife.
- Position: MARGINAL - full sun or partial shade or moisture retentive soil
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
- Planting Depth: Plant in a pot submerged up to 10cm below the water surface or plant in boggy wet soil.
- Dispatch period: May to October
£5.50