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Pristine single white flowers are lotus in the purest form. The petals dance in tall stems above the foliage.

Timeless beauty! Crisp and pure, white flowers are abundant. Especially beautiful in an earth-bottom pot.

The most well known submerged aquatic plant. Accredited for improving water quality and clarity. (All plants, however, contribute to a healthier environment.)

Long, thin petals start life a pretty soft pink before fading to white. Unusual multi-colored foliage.

Elegant by design. What Arrow Arum lacks in flowers it provides in stature. Effective alone or in mass.

Classic “Monet’s garden” appeal! Dark pink to light red petals are graced by white tips around the outside edge, rich green foliage for the background.

Magnificent goblet-shaped, deep red blooms that seem almost black.

Matte-black leaves on purple-black stems are the perfect contrast to vertical companions.

A great plant for adding that hard-to-find blue color to your water garden. The small blue flowers beautifully dot low-lying green foliage. Works well in floating islands.

Buoyant stems reach out from the shoreline. A favorite for frogs, who like to hide among the leaves.

A great free-blooming lily with deep-red blossoms set against deep-green foliage.

This small to medium red changeable produces flowers with colors ranging from white to rich pink and varying shades of bronze-red. A continual changing mosaic of colors.

First to bloom nearly every year! Clyde Ikins is a power house for flower production. The flowers are a subtle blend of yellow and soft pink.

More pink than yellow, she is a dazzler, blooming consistently from early spring through summer.

Comanche is an excellent changeable waterlily with apricot-colored flowers that mature to an almost bronze.

A compact version of Giant Papyrus that is better suited to the backyard pond. The practical size makes it great for ponds and containers.

The preferred submerged plant because it is a native species. It is also a rootless plant, which makes it easier to manage plant growth, and it consumes 100% of its nutrients from the water.

Semi-evergreen hollow stems wind around like a corkscrew. Mounding habit.

Creeping Jenny is a popular groundcover around ponds and water features.

Apricot-colored blossoms on a compact plant. Ideally suited to small ponds and containers.

An extremely heavy bloomer with lots of off-white petals.

Golden compact and particularly well suited to streams. Plants with good manners are always welcome additions. Semi-evergreen.

Traditional Canna foliage in a compact dwarf form. Delicate girly-pink flowers.

Stiff stems in dense clumps are confined to the shallow shoreline. Nice accent plant. Excellent for streams.

A naked umbrella stands on tall stems. The foliage has a finer texture than the standard umbrella palm.

Delicate green and white-stripe foliage. Forms dense clumps. Fragrant when broken; ideal for streams.

Bright chartreuse leaves on thick stems. Certain to brighten up a semi-shaded area.

Pretty purple-red flowers that stay open later in the afternoon than most waterlilies. Great for medium and large ponds.

All the amazing horsetail attributes, super-sized. An excellent specimen reaching 4 to 6 feet tall.

Rigid, colossal stems support wispy brooms with delicate yellow, grass-like flowers. The ideal specimen.

Slow to get started but worth the reward. Virtually maintenance-free plant. Eloquent flowering after a few years of getting established.

A robust golden Creeping Jenny with strong blooming. Cascades over rocks and through streams.

Cattails with a mild manner. The narrow stems grow so close together that they are more suitable to backyard ponds. Narrow cattail flowers are common.

A single-flowering dwarf lotus with soft yellow blossoms touched delicately with pink. Blooms early and a lot.

One of our favorite tropical waterlilies! This day-bloomer has unusual yellowish-green petals that darken to blue around the edges.

Often called Hardy Water Canna, Thalia has a tropical appeal for those seeking a particular specimen. The perfect eye-catcher for large natural waterbodies because of its size.

Precious and wonderful, this little star is suitable for the smallest ponds or large window boxes. An outstanding bloomer whose unopened buds dance just above the water’s surface.

The hibiscus family of plants includes a range of evergreen shrubs with large, brightly colored flowers that fall off within a day or two of blooming. Hibiscus can provide an attractive statement piece for the edge of a pond but prefer not to be submerged in water.

One of two species of lotus in the world. Native to Asia. Hindu Lotus is bold with large pink single flowers.

Much sought after for its unique evergreen foliage. It will form large colonies so requires boundaries. The bamboo-like foliage has a distinct cylindrical form.

Shocking pink flowers are so bold they can be seen from a great distance. The leaves have a tinge of purple for extra drama.

Dusty foliage is the view when the sun is behind you. Turn the tables, and it is on fire!

Irises come in a wide assortment of categories and almost any color imaginable, making them a popular pick in water gardens around the world. They’re among the first flowers to bloom in the spring.

Cup-shaped rosey flowers look great against lush green foliage.

A perennial favorite with lemon yellow flowers that stand proudly above the foliage.

A dark double purple loaded with petals contrasts with more traditional flowering lilies in the pond.

Sturdy lance-shaped spears have tiers of delicate white flowers with sunny-yellow centers for extended periods. Tolerates brackish water.

Super lemon-yellow blossoms that stand well above the dusty green leaves.

The spectacular black buds are as remarkable as the purple blossoms when open.

A day-blooming tropical lily with striking star-shaped flowers. Its petals have light centers that darken to lavender on the tips. The mottled leaves display earthy shades of brown and green.

Flared petals are washed in lavender pink color. A medium habit makes it a good choice for most size ponds. Single blooms.

Soft peach blossoms are a delicate blend of pink and yellow. An outstanding bloomer. A runner up in performance alongside Clyde.

Waxy and bright, they are the first to bloom in early spring. Sunny golden yellow flowers shine above mounds of round green foliage.

Pudgy little catkins are abundant when the plants are pot-bound or crowded. When absent, the blue-gray foliage sways nicely in the breeze.

Sunny yellow flowers are abundant throughout the cool spring season. A brief rest in the summer and they are back at it again in the fall. Perfect for streams.

Green leaves splattered with burgundy are an art project on every leaf. No two the same!

Not quite white and not quite cream, her abundant flowers rise above the water with purpose. Gently speckled foliage is less common among white flowering hardy waterlilies.

The most acclaimed American hybrid. She opens an intense pink, is pink and yellow the second day and finishes all yellow.

Purple reliability! A proven performer that always holds its own.

Narrow stems give way to delicate feather-like leaves. Hence the name Parrot Feather. For lined ponds only; not for natural ponds.

Light peach flowers look pretty in any pond.

These beautiful tropical canna add a burst of peach color to the edge of ponds and streams.

Carmine-red single blooms on a large cultivar. Best suited t o a substantial container for best performance.

Simply suitable for nearly every pond. This American native blooms throughout the summer.

Pretty in pink with bright yellow centers. A medium-sized plant suited to any size pot.

A medium-sized plant with sizable pink flowers that include yellow. Ideally suited to any size pond. Excellent performer.

An all-time favorite, clear pink with silver tips. The rich foliage color is the perfect complement to this “stay-open-late” variety. Well suited to earth-bottom pots.

A small pink lily with abundant blooms. The narrow petals form star-shaped flowers with a color range from deep pink to white.

Bring a tropical look to your pond with this hot pink stunner.

Scarlet flowers on dark burgundy foliage. Good clumping habit.

A happy little presence in the late-summer pond. Rain Lily blooms its heart out when everyone else is tired, often after a heavy rain.

A powerful summer bloomer. The narrow petals are crinkled for a unique presence in the garden pond.

A dwarf Parrot Feather with deep red stems. Fluffier and less sprawling. More compact growing habit. Not for natural water bodies.

Leaves so large they resemble flags dancing in the breeze with a powerful presence. The delicate lavender flowers float like butterflies well above the foliage.

Narrow wine-red foliage on sturdy stems support scarlet-red flowers.

Rosy as in red! Semi-dwarf, single flowering plant produces abundant blooms.

A striking specimen with a perfectly upright habit. Royal Pickerel has dense, tall lavender flowers all summer long.

Large leaves become a backdrop for 2-inch yellow blossoms on this lily-like plant.

This classic favorite is a powerful consumer of nutrients. It is especially well suited for ponds with excessive nutrients, and even better in moving water.

A stellar red hardy waterlily that really rocks the color! A bit slow to get established but worth the wait.

Soft red flowers on the first day, softening to pink detailed with red, then creamy with a hint of yellow in the center. An abundance of flowers are produced on this dwarf cultivar.

Wavy blades of rippled foliage sway gracefully in the breeze. Particularly effective in mass.

An absolute favorite. Rather than stand perpendicular to the ground, the leaves cup upward, catching rainwater and tipping to pour during a storm.

Like the soft yellow of the Texas morning sun, these blossoms rise well above the water! A consistently outstanding performer.

White night bloomers are magnificent in the dark reflecting the light of the moon. A free bloomer with deep green leaves.

This classic favorite is a powerful consumer of nutrients. It is especially well suited for ponds with excessive nutrients, and even better in moving water.

Bright white vertical stripes run up the leaves, softening to cream as the season progresses. Stunning specimen.

Rigid growth is gently striped in yellow. Collectively, the narrow swords combine to form a cylinder.

Vertically striped, green and white ribbon foliae resembles blades of iris. Color remains throughout the growing season.

Clean white flowers stand above the surface. A consistent performer, and versatile to boot!

This striking beauty is widely recognized for the variations in flower color. Fiery pink petals are speckled with yellow as the norm. Occasionally the reward is a unique and random combination of the colors. Set ablaze above chocolate mottled foliage.

Great for tucking into streams and waterfalls. The shallow roots trap sediments that are easily removed through pruning.

Great for tucking into streams and waterfalls. The shallow roots trap sediments that are easily removed through pruning.

A waterlily’s alter ego, awake during the winter months while the waterlily sleeps. Grows and blooms only when water temperatures are below 55 degrees. Seeds readily; not for earth-bottom ponds.

The most popular floating plant used primarily for plant filtration, shade and surface cover. Flowers only when stressed. The delicate lavender flowers display a yellow-eyed peacock’s tail.

Exceptional cover in water 6 to 10 inches deep or as a substitute for waterlilies in small containers. Also happens to be a favorite food for turtles.