Creeping Jenny Pond Plants

Often used as a ground cover in terrestrial

gardens, Creeping Jenny fares excellently
when used in water gardening applications.
Growing approximately 2 inches in height, it’s
a great filler to soften edges of rocks with its
bright leaves creating a vivid contrast against
the cool gray of wet stone. Tiny yellow
flowers appear on the plant throughout
summer, giving it added appeal. Creeping
Jenny is a perennial and best used in Zones 3-
10.

Pickerel Pond Plants

Available in blue, white, and pink lavender
spiked flowers, Pickerel is a great choice for
ponds with its shiny, green heart-shaped
foliage. The blooms are long lasting and create
a beautiful display when planted in masses. It
grows about 24-30″ in height and performs
well in Zones 4-10.
Horsetail Pond Plants
Horsetail Reed provides a striking architectural
presence in your pond with its segmented
reeds, growing to 24″in height, while the
dwarf version grows to 8″. Hardy to Zone 4,
it’s a fast spreader and you’ll want to thin the
plant in the summer. In the fall, cut the plant
all the way down to the ground to keep the
spores from spreading.

Taro Pond Plants

Several varieties of Taro are available for your

pond and do well in full to part sun. This is a
tropical plant suited for Zones 8-11, but colder
climes can bring the plant inside during the
winter months. This impressive, leafy water
lover grows to about 48″ and always makes a
striking appearance in the water garden.
 Cardinal Flower

Plant this pretty flower along the shallow

edges of your pond and watch the birds flock
to it. Deep burgundy foliage sets off the
vibrant red flowers. The leaves are up to 8″
long and the plant can grow as tall as three
feet. Cardinal Flower performs best in Zones
5-9.

Water Lettuce
Water Lettuce produces fuzzy, lime-green
rosettes of leaves that look like little floating
heads of lettuce. Super easy to grow, you
simply let this plant float on the surface of the
water with its roots dangling below. They
produce babies throughout the summer and
can be shared with friends or moved to
container water gardens. Hardy in Zones 9-11.
Mosaic Plant

The beautiful Mosaic Plant consists of red and

green diamond-shaped leaves in 3-6″ wide
rosettes. In the summer, this floating plant
produces sunny yellow cup-shaped flowers.
Easy to grow, the plant provides a place for
your finned friends to hide underneath. A
tropical plant, Mosaic is hardy in Zones 11-12.

Blue Iris

Many water gardeners enjoy the elegant

splendor of the aquatic iris, which is among
the first plants to bloom in the spring. Aquatic
irises comprise such a large and diverse group
– there are literally hundreds, if not thousands
of cultivated and natural hybrids. The Blue
Flag Iris is a native plant that can grow up to
four feet tall! A wetland lover, the Blue Flag’s
large flowers are breathtaking, ranging in
shades from pale blue to purple.
Sweet Flag

Also known as golden Japanese sweetflag

(Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’), this plant is ideal
for containers and water gardens alike. It’s
extremely flexible, as it can be grown with its
toes in the water or partially submerged. The
beautiful foliage is light green and highlighted
with bright yellow stripes, remaining beautiful
all season and sometimes through the winter.
An all-around great plant that adds a bright,
cheerful spot to any water feature!.

Waterlilies

Waterlilies are stunning creatures in the water

garden and often the reason why many gardeners
add a pond to their landscape. These beautiful
pond plants are characterized by amazing flowers
representing all colors in the light spectrum …
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet
(including the collective white), and a number of
shades in between.The flowers range from a mere
2″ in diameter to some blooms measuring 12″ or
more. Their leaves typically float unless they’re
crowded, and are more or less round, ranging
from 2″ across to over 6 feet for the giant
Victoria. Waterlilies are perennial and can be
broken down into 2 basic groups; hardy and
tropical.