Native Marginal Plants

Native Marginal Plants
These marginal plants are native to the British Isles.

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Common name: Sweet Scented Rush.

Description: Dark green iris-like foliage with a wavy edge, which if cut or crushed has a sweet scent.

Height: Up to 36".

Water depth: Up to 6".

 

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Common name: Water Plantain/Water Baby's Breath.

Description: Robust grower with broad, lanceolate leaves when grown in shallower water in deeper water the leaves are ribbon-like. Masses of pinkish-white flowers are produced all summer long.

Height: Up to 36".

Water depth: Up to 12".

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Common name: Lance-Leafed Water Plantain.

Description: This form of Alisma has longer, narrower leaves than plantago-aquaticum. Foliage is slightly more blue-green and heavier textured. The long-lasting flowers are pinkish in colour.

Height: Up to 24".

Water depth: Up to 3".

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Common name: Flowering Rush.

Description: A delicate beauty that displays large umbels of pink flowers all summer. The rush-like foliage is triangular shaped. 

Height: Up to 36".

Water depth: Up to 6".

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Common name: Marsh Marigold.

Description: Mounds of dark, glossy, green leaves set off the bright, golden yellow flowers perfectly during early spring. If dead-headed after flowering a second flush of flowers appear in late summer.

Height: Up to 24".

Water depth: Up to 6".

 

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Common name: Cuckoo Flower.

Description: This plant produces mounds of pale green ferny foliage from which arise a number of slender stems with pale lilac flowers.

Height: Up to 12".

Water depth: Up to 1".

 

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Common name: Slender Tufted Sedge.

Description: A tall slender sedge with lovely blue foliage in Spring.

Height: Up to 36".

Water depth: Up to 6".

 

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Common name: Carnation Grass.

Description: A short clump-forming sedge with pale blue foliage.

Height: Up to 12".

Water depth: Up to 4".

 

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Common name: Pendulous Sedge.

Description: This native plant has bright green leaves that grow upward and then droop to form a weeping mound. The tall flower stems have long pendulous catkins.

Height: Up to 24".

Water depth: Up to 3".

 

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Common name: Cyperus Sedge.

Description: A clump-forming plant with bright green, grassy leaves. The flower stems produce many drooping catkins which are green to start turning brown later in the season.

Height:Up to 24".

Water depth: Up to 4".

 

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Common name: Greater Pond Sedge.

Description: A graceful, grassy sedge with dark brown flower spikes.

Height: Up to 30".

Water depth: Up to 4".

 

 

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Common name: Sweet Galingale.

Description: A very handsome architectural plant with dark green, lightly serrated, grass-like foliage. The brown flowerheads are scattered amongst the upper leaves.

Height: Up to 48".

Water depth: Up to 6".

 

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Common name: Cotton Grass.

Description: This native plant has stiff grass-like foliage with fluffy cotton wool-like flowers.

Height: Up to 18".

Water depth: Up to 4".

 

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Common name: Broadleaf Cotton Grass.

Description: This Cotton Grass has multiple, white tufts on stems extending well above the foliage.

Height: Up to 18".

Water depth: Up to 2".

 

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Common name: Hare's Tail Cotton Grass.

Description: A neat clump-forming plant with dark green grass-like foliage and single stems of white cotton wool-like flowers.

Height: Up to 12".

Water depth: Up to 2".

 

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Common name: Manna Grass.

Description: A vigorous aquatic grass with spikes of off-white flowerheads appearing during the summer.

Height: Up to 48".

Water depth: Up to 12".

 

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Common name: Marestail.

Description: A vigorous native marginal or submerged oxygenating plant with pale green leaves arranged in whorls that grow up above the water taking on a christmas tree-like appearance. Excellent for providing cover for small fish and wildlife.

Height: Up to 12".

Water depth: Up to 6".

 

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Common name: Yellow Flag Iris.

Description: A vigorous plant with tall, green, sword-like leaves and bright yellow flowers which are produced from late spring.

Height: Up to 48".

Water depth: Up to 6".

 

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Common name: Chives.

Description: A Neat clump-forming plant with mauve, round flowers which are loved by insects.

Height: Up to 18".

Water depth: Level with the water surface.

 

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Common name: Soft Rush.

Description: A native plant that forms large tufts of soft, dark green foliage.

Height: Up to 30".

Water depth:  Up to 6".

 

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Common name: Hard Rush.

Description: A clump-forming plant with stiff blue-green stems.

Height: Up to 30".

Water depth: Up to 6".

 

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Common name: Ragged Robin.

Description: A native plant with leaves forming a rosette shape and dainty ragged rose-pink flowers.

Height: Up to 12".

Water depth: Up to 1".

 

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Common name: Purple Loosestrife.

Description: A tall native plant with candle-like spikes of purple flowers all summer.

Height: Up to 36".

Water depth: Up to 2".

 

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Common name: Water Mint.

Description: A vigorous plant with strongly aromatic mint foliage and soft lilac whorls of flowers in Summer. Loved by bees etc.

Height: Up to 18".

Water depth: Up to 4".

 

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Common name: Bog Bean or Buck Bean.

Description: A good scrambling plant for pond edges. Showy, white, fringed flowers are produced amongst dark green foliage.

Height: Up to 12".

Water depth: Up to 6".

 

 

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Common name: Water forget-me-not.

Description: This native spreading plant has mid-green, slightly hairy leaves with clusters of small blue flowers throughout the summer.

Height: Up to 8".

Water depth: Up to 4".

 

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Common name: Watercress.

Description: A native, low-growing plant with a spreading habit and small white flowers. An excellent plant to act as a natural filtration system.

Height: Up to 6".

Water depth: Up to 3".

 

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Common name: Water Dropwort.

Description: A native low growing plant with bright green, feathery foliage and white flowers. An excellent natural filtration plant.

Height: Up to 12".

Water depth: Up to 4".

 

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Common name: Butter Bur.

Description: Pink club-like flowers appear in late winter/early spring followed by large round foliage.

Height: Up to 36".

Water depth: Up to 2".

 

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Common name: Norfolk Reed.

Description: A extremely tough reed with strong upright stems with bluish green foliage and plumes of silky seedheads during late summer.

Height: Up to 60".

Water depth: Up to 12".

 

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