There seems to be a lot of confusion and inaccurate information all over the internet on the categorizing of marginal pond plants and bog garden plants. Like before in many of my articles I will now endeavor to set the record straight. This information will be essential and informative to anyone that needs a bit of accurate guidance on how and where to plant pond plants to ensure that they will thrive and live happily, rather than giving up and dyeing due to being planted in the wrong places.
The name gives it away! Marginal plants grow at the margins of where land meets water. Water levels in nature rise and drop in times of flooding and drought and because of this, many marginal plants will also grow happily as bog garden plants. There are many plants listed on my website under several categories due to the fact that they are adaptable and versatile.
The plants in this category consist of plants that like having their feet in boggy conditions, mud, and very damp soil only. Some marginal plants are happy in water OR boggy conditions. Many bog-garden plants are listed as marginal plants, but I can assure you, that when planted in water, they will die rather quickly. All the plants listed below are categorized wrongly all over the internet as Marginal plants but they are in fact Bog Garden Plants!
That’s quite a list and I’m sure I have probably missed a few. Not only are the plants I have listed sold incorrectly as marginal plants but, they are also sold in aquatic baskets and advertised as pond ready. However, they won’t last five minutes once submerged under water.
I have been growing pond plants now for over 30 years and all the plants on my website www.lilieswatergardens.co.uk are categorized 100 PER CENT correctly.
I hope this article is interesting and helpful!
This entry was posted in Plant Health, Pond Design And Planting, Uses For Water Plants and tagged aquatic, aquatic plants, aquatic plants online, bog garden plants, bog gardens, buy pond plants, buying pond plants, buying pond plants Surrey, clay bottomed ponds, deep marginal plants, floating plants, free floating plants, free floating pond plants, gude to marginal plants, guide to bog garden plants, Healthy Pond Plants, healthy ponds, how to grow pond plants?, how to plant bog garden plants, how to plant bog gardens, how to plant my pond, How To Plant Pond Plants, lakes, marginal or bog garden plants, Marginal Plants, native pond plants, oxygenating plants, oxygenating pond plants, planting bog gardens, Planting Marginal Plants, planting pond plants, planting ponds, planting up my bog garden, planting up my pond, Planting Water Plants, plants for boggy conditions, plants for shallow margins, pond life, pond plant information, pond plant suppliers, pond planting, pond plants, pond plants for sale UK, pond plants online, pond plants online UK, pond plants Surrey, pond plants UK, ponds, submerged aquatic plants, submerged plants, UK pond plants, Water Gardening, water gardens, Water Lilies, water lilies for sale UK, water lilies surrey, water lily information, water plants, what is a bog garden plant, what is a marginal plant, what is a pond plant?, what is a water garden plant?, where can i buy marginal plants?, where can i buy oxygenating plants?, where can i buy pond plants, where can i buy rockery plants?, where can i buy water garden ferns?, where can i buy water lilies?, where can i buy woodland ferns?, where to plant pond plants, wildlife ponds. Bookmark the permalink.