Aquatic Marginals

Aquatic Marginals are pond plants grow in moist areas such as bogs to the perimeter of your pond. When we state the recommended depth, we refer to inches of water over the rim of the pot. Plants listed with 0 (zero) inches - moist soil prefer not to have their pot rims submerged however most pond plants are pretty adaptable. We have added a large number of marginal pond plants for your garden pond or lake. We propogate every plant that we carry.

When looking for pond plants, you need to take into consideration how much sunlight does your pond get? Most hardy marginals prefer at least 4 hours of sunlight. Morning sun being the best. There are a few that will hibernate (go dormant) when the weather turns hot, the marsh marigolds being one. Many people think they have died, when they make their colorful appearance the next spring.

If you get less than 4 hours a day, there are a good selection of pond plants that can thrive in lower light conditions in and around your garden pond Click Here to view shade loving pond plants. Hosta's, Japanese Maples, Elephant Ears are outstanding subjects for the perimiter of your shaded pond! Click here to shop for shade / part shade loving marginals.

If you receive over 4 hours a day, your choices of pond plants increase to include more tropicals marginals and water lilies and lotus. Many tropical marginals will grow in shaded or partially shaded ponds, but may have darker foliage or may not flower.

The shade/part sun loving water forget me not pictured below.

If you are looking for hardy pond plants (ones that will come back each year) you will need to know your USDA growing zone. You can find that by clicking the Growing Zone link under the Help section of any page or by clicking here. Many marginals that are not hardy in your growing zone can be wintered over in a basement or garage and some even as house plants.

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Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Plant
pictured below makes a dramatic statement!