Aquatic Plants

In smaller ponds, water lilies should be potted up as this will help prevent them getting too big. The best thing to use is a specialist aquatic compost that is low in nutrients. You can also pot up marginal aquatic plants and plants that prefer shallow water, and use these to soften the boggy edges of a pond.

Quick growing
Sowing month inside or protected
Sowing month outside
Ground cover
Acorus calamus
Acorus calamus
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Lysichiton camtschatcensis
Lysichiton camtschatcensis
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Mimulus ringens
Mimulus ringens
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Myosotis scorpioides Snowflakes
Myosotis scorpioides 'Snowflakes'
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Nymphaea Solfatare
Nymphaea 'Solfatare'
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Ranunculus flammula
Ranunculus flammula
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Ranunculus lingua Grandiflorus
Ranunculus lingua 'Grandiflorus'
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Saururus cernuus
Saururus cernuus
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Typha latifolia
Typha latifolia
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Lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia siphilitica
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Lobelia × speciosa Vedrariensis
Lobelia × speciosa 'Vedrariensis'
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Nymphaea Escarboucle
Nymphaea 'Escarboucle'
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Menyanthes trifoliata
Menyanthes trifoliata
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Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
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Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
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Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae
Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae
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