Water poppies spread quickly and provide shelter, good for warmer zones. Dwarf cattails filter water, grow in zones 3 to 11, and prevent erosion. Yellow flag iris brightens in spring, but remember ...

Emergent plants are rooted to the bottom of the pond, but their stems and leaves stick out of the water. Marginal plants grow in damp conditions at the edges of ponds and can cope with rising and ...

Adding emergent plants will allow insects that start life in the water - such as dragonflies - to exit the pond when they are ready to transform into adults. Marginal plants around the damp edges of a ...