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Pond Plants for Wildlife Collection
Plants to attract wildlife to a smaller pond
- Expertly curated for the perfect mix of varieties
- Hardy, easy-care perennials
- Includes flowers and foliage in a range of heights and colours
- Create a natural habitat for bees, dragonflies, fish and birds
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Colourful Pond Plants Collection | Grower's Choice
Colourful plants for a beautiful pond
- Everything you need for year-round colour
- Expertly curated plants in a variety of colours, types and sizes
- Hardy, easy care perennials that really make a splash!
- The easy way to brighten up your pond
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Best Small Pond Plants Collection | Grower's Choice
Everything you need to fill your small pond
- Six pond plants chosen by our expert grower
- The best variety of colours, heights and types
- Hardy, easy care perennials
- Attracts beneficial wildlife to your pond
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Best Small Pond Plants Collection with a Lily | Grower's Choice
The complete planting scheme for your small pond
- Six perfect pond plants chosen by our expert grower
- The best variety of colours, heights and types including a water lily
- Hardy, easy care perennials
- Attractive to bees, butterflies and birds
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Oxygenating Fibre Optic Plant | Isolepsis cerna
Unique plant that looks like fibre optics!
- Zone 2 - Pond Edges
- Happy in full sun or partial shade
- Summer flowering from June to August
- Spectacular in pond margins or pots
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£90Sale price From £60Pond in a Pot Planting Kit | Oxygenating & Wildlife | Flowers & Structure
The easy way to create a beautiful and relaxing mini pond
- Contains oxygenators and decorative pond plants including a dwarf water lily
- Tall, spreading and flowering plants for a beautiful display
- Keeps your pond healthy and attracts wildlife
- Specially curated for container ponds up to 1m square
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£75Sale price From £60Best Pond Plants for Any Size Pond | All in One | Oxygenating & Wildlife | Flowers & Structure
All the plants you need for a beautiful and healthy pond
- The perfect selection of plants for every size of pond
- Contains oxygenators, marginal and floating plants plus a water lily
- Tall, spreading and flowering plants for a beautiful display
- Keeps your pond healthy and attracts wildlife
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Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia
Buttercup yellow flowers
- Zone 2 - Pond Edges
- Plant in full sun to partial shade
- Summer flowering from June to August
- A native plant highly attractive to pollinators
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Oxygenating Brazilian Micro Sword | Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Fresh green stems for shallow waters
- Zone 3 - Deep Water
- Suitable for growing in full sun or partial shade
- A very compact vibrant plant from the Amazon
- Perfect for small and container ponds
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Golden Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
Glorious gold foliage sprinkled with flowers
- Zone 2 - Pond Edges
- Thrives in full sun or partial shade
- Flowers throughout June and July
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
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Meet Caroline
A deep dive into sustainable gardening
Nestled amongst wildlife meadows and resident ducks, Caroline’s award winning pond plant nursery in Enfield has been making a splash since 1965, when they invented the (recycled, obvs) aquatic basket. Sixty years and multiple RHS gold medals later, they’re still surprising us with new varieties every year!
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Why choose a container pond?
There are many reasons you might want to grow a miniature container pond. You might rent your property, for instance, and not be contractually allowed to significantly alter your outdoor space. Or you might not have that much space to begin with, perhaps only a patio or terrace. Creating a pond in a small container also allows you much greater control over your pond’s conditions than is typically possible with a medium to large pond.
Tips for growing a container pond
When creating a container pond, it’s important to ensure your container is watertight – especially if you’re using a recycled/repurposed container (like a wooden barrel). If it’s not watertight, then make sure to use a liner. In terms of the plants themselves, the main thing is that you opt for compact plant varieties that are small enough to fit in a contained space. Dwarf water lilies are perfect, for instance. Three to five plants are normally plenty for small container ponds. The water in small containers is more prone to evaporating, so it’s critical you keep an eye on the pond’s water level and top it up if needed (use rainwater to fill your pond, where possible).
Our favourite container pond plants
If you were to wave a magic wand and grant us our dream container pond, we’d put in a floating water lily to be the star of the show (either 'Pygmaea Helvola' or 'Pygmaea Alba'), an oxygenating plant like upright water milfoil to keep the water nice and healthy, and a taller marginal plant (like pickerel weed) to add some vertical interest as well as another bit of colour. In no time, whatsoever, your little pond paradise will be attracting wildlife and looking resplendent on your patio.
Plants arrived in great condition and very promptly. Well established - much better than the ones I got at my local garden centre.
Monica Spence
| 24 May
Yet again this company delivered good healthy plants, exactly as shown in photos, well packaged and within delivery time quoted. Recommend!
Jacqueline Burgess
| 2 Jun
I continue to be so impressed with Roots. Their customer care, knowledge of their subject: from planting hedges to pruning roses and more, has been a great support.
Judy Lane
| 23 Oct
The plant arrived looking vigorously healthy, which brings a smile to your face, extremely well protected in its packaging.
Martyn Hill
| 5 Jul
As a non-gardener, I found my whole experience brilliant. Great information & advice available on the website, great range of products & prices are brilliant.
John-Paul
| 22 May
Wonderful plants and great customer service... really surprised to find that the plants are better than those you would get at your local garden centre.
Gavin Wilcock
| 8 Nov
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