Plants for around the edge of a pond:
Planting around the edge of a pond have to suit the soil conditions:
- Choose to plant either
moist plants or muddy plants in your prepared edge of pond area. - Your choice is dependent on how wet you expect the soil to be.
- Choose the correct option in the 'Soil Conditions' filters in our plant finder search or shop pages.
Plants for moist soil : these require drained, moist soil not wet.
: these require drained, moist soil not wet.- Moist plants will rot if sat in wet, waterlogged soil in Winter.
- These want a drained, moist situation.
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- moist planting in damp soil around a linered pond
Plants for areas with wet mud & waterlogged in winter :
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Definition of wet mud:
If you dig a hole next to the pond to a spades depth and it fills with water then the plants' roots will be sat in water. The soil is wet/waterlogged.
- There are plants capable of having their roots in water but their crowns exposed on the mud surface.
- They are shown as Shelf Pond Plants on the Shop pages with beneath the image.
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- stream with boggy waterlogged planting along its edge
- Moist plants or muddy bog plants for planting around the edge of a pond are available for either a shaded site or a sunny one.
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- A pond in a wildlife habitat with shallow sides and plant cover around the outside of the water
We have prepared collections available for each soil condition:
- Both available as British Native only, mainly British Native plants or any plant from our range:
- Moist soil Collection (for moist not waterlogged soil)
- Muddy Bog Collection (for wet, waterlogged mud)
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- wet ‘bog’ and moist plants at different ends of the same prepared planting area
Planting outside the pond area:
- A natural river or lake will have an area next to water that will be waterlogged.
- As you move further away from the water the soil becomes less saturated and is moist.
- The image above shows both soil conditions merging into each other in a prepared area.
- The RH end of this edge around the pond is standing water so pond plants grow where the water drains to.
- On the far LH end at the side of this pond moist loving plants grow because it is higher and better drained.
- Both the 2 types of planting can live side by side if both have suitable soil conditions.
- Your choice is dictated by the water/soil conditions in each planting zone.
- Plant densely and give the wildlife cool shade to hide in, protection from predators, overwintering places, pollinating plants.
- Create a focal point of colour and foliage interest around the pond to enjoy.
