Specialist nursery for pond, marginal and moisture loving plants

Acorus gramineus variegata

(Variegated slender sweet flag)

Compact perennial with fans of slender leaves in green and cream.

• Position: MARGINAL - full sun or moisture retentive soil
• Soil: chalk / clay / loam
• Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
• Height: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
• Spread: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
• Planting Depth: Plant in shallow water at pond margins or in a wet boggy soil
• Dispatch period: April-October

£7.00

Alisma plantago aquacticum

Rosettes of grey green leaves and panicles of white flowers.

• Position: Marginal - full sun
• Soil: sand / clay / loam
• Flowering Period: summer
• Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
• Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Planting Depth: Can be planted up to 20 cm in water or planted in wet soil along water margins.
• Dispatch period: April-October

£7.50

Anemopsis californica

(Apache beads)

Broad green leaves that can turn red in the autumn with large, white, honey scented flowers.

• Position: Marginal - full sun
• Soil: clay / loam
• Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
• Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Planting Depth: Can be submerged up to 10 cm or planted in soil along water margins
• Dispatch period: April-October

£10.00

Butomus umbellatus

(flowering rush)

• Position: MARGINAL - full sun or partial shade
• Soil: sand / clay / loam
• Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
• Height: 1 - 1.5 metres
• Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Planting Depth: Can be planted up to 20 cm deep in water or in soil along water margins.
• Dispatch period: April-October

£6.00

Calla palustris

(Bog Arum)

Aquatic perennial with glossy heart shaped leaves and flowers appear as a white spathes in summer.

• Position: MARGINAL - full sun
• Soil: clay / loam / sand
• Flowering Period: Summer
• Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Planting Depth: Plant in pond margins up to 20 cm deep below water surface.
• Dispatch period: May to October

£6.00

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Caltha palustris

(Marsh Marigold)

A rhizomatous herbaceous perennial with deep green rounded leaves and bright cup-shaped yellow flowers. A sunny, cheery spring addition.

• Position: Marginal or moisture retentive - full sun
• Soil: Loam
• Flowering Period: Spring to early Summer
• Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Planting Depth: Can be submerged in water up to 10 cm deep or planted into soil along the waters edge. Would also grow in a boggy/moist area of the garden.
• Dispatch period: March- September

£5.50

Caltha palustris var alba

(white marsh marigold)

A rhizomatous herbaceous perennial with glossy green leaves, white flowers which appear in spring with bright yellow stamens.

• Position: Marginal or moisture retentive - full sun
• Soil: loam
• Flowering Period: spring - summer
• Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Planting Depth: Can be grown in water margins up to 10 cm deep or in soil along waters edge. Would also grow in a boggy/moist area of the garden.
• Dispatch period: March-October

£6.00

Caltha palustris var. palustris 'Plena'

(swamp marsh marigold 'Plena')

Double flowers of brilliant golden yellow with dark glossy green leaves.

• Position: Marginal or moisture retentive - full sun
• Soil: loam
• Flowering Period: spring - summer
• Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
• Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
• Planting Depth: Can be submerged in water up to 10 cm or planted in soil along the waters edge. Would also grow in a boggy/moist area of the garden.
• Dispatch period: March-October

£6.50

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Caltha palustris var.palustris

(swamp marsh marigold)

Marginal perennial with large green leaves and bright single cup shaped flowers. Often earlier flowering then other Calthas bright glossy and cheerful.

• Position: Marginal - full sun
• Soil: loam
• Flowering Period: March - April
• Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
• Planting Depth: Can be grown in either wet, boggy soil or along water margins.
• Dispatch period: April-October

£6.50

Carex panicea

(carnation grass)

Compact sedge with blue,grey,green grass like foliage and attractive black seed heads.

• Position: MARGINAL - full sun or partial shade or moisture retentive soil
• Soil: clay / loam
• Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
• Height: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
• Spread: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
• Planting Depth: Can be plantedin shallow pond margins or wet boggy soil.
• Dispatch period: May to October

£6.00