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The bog or water garden

The bog or water garden
At our Chelsea Flower Show stands many people will have seen our selections of those plants which like to grow in boggy or wet conditions or where they look best beside or reflected in water. Even the smallest garden can have a pond, or a shady wet corner so why waste the opportunity to grow plants which enjoy these conditions?

Water has an important part to play in encouraging wildlife into your garden but the right plants surrounding water will do even more to establish a small wildlife friendly ecosystem in your garden. Our selection, which is listed below, contains many favourites selected on merit by our customers but we are happy to create longer lists for your garden if you would like to email us some pictures.

DICKSONIA antarctica
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DICKSONIA antarctica  >

Man fern, Soft tree fern
This attractive architectural plant thrives in cool moist shaded woodland
GUNNERA manicata
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Chile rhubarb, Giant prickly rhubarb
The more boggy the conditions the larger the giant, umbrella-shaped leaves.
HARDY FERNS Osmunda regalis
sterile green, fertile leaves on tops thickly covered with brown spores
LIGULARIA dentata 'Desdemona'
Orange-purple flowers of around 3 feet in height and shining brownish-purple foliage
MECONOPSIS betonicifolia
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Tibetan blue poppy
(Syn. baileyi) - blue Himalayan poppy
MYOSOTIDIUM hortensia

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Chatham Island forget-me-not
large luxurious bright green leaves and striking blue flowers. Seems to do best in exposed positions with poor soil
PERSICARIA bistorta 'Superba'
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PERSICARIA bistorta 'Superba'  >

Adderwort, Bistort, Polygonum
Clear pink poker flowers
POLYGONATUM multiflorum
Green-white flowers, borne on arching stems
PRIMULA vialli
Lilac poker-like flowers, red in bud
RHEUM palmatum

RHEUM palmatum  >

Turkey rhubarb
Bog or water loving rhubarb plant with large leaves and plumes of red flowers on tall stems
ZANTEDESCHIA aethiopica

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Arum lily, Pig lily, Trumpet lily
White flowers. Best grown in a damper boggy area


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