Water plants, water gardens, pond plants and aquatic plants. Plants that will grow in water include, water garden plants, pond plants and native australian water plants. Growing water plants is a great way to oxygenate water and provide a habitat for fish. Deep water plants grow with their roots totally submerged. Marginal aquatic plants grow at the edges of ponds and streams. Water Irises, Aquatic Cannas and a range of Australian Native water (aquatic) plants can all be used to create a fascinating water garden. Nurseries, Mail Order Nurseries, Specialist Nurseries,Retail Nurseries, Wholesale Nurseries, Garden Centers, Plant Nurseries and Australian Export Nurseries.
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Water Plants include Australian Native Aquatic plants, Tropical water plants and ornamental water plants. we provide a guide to species and varieties of water plants (aquatic plants) for ponds and water gardens.

Australian Native water plants include:

  • Alisma plantago aquatica
  • Aponogeton queenslandicus
  • Azolla filliculoides
  • Azola pinnata
  • Bacopa monniera
  • Baloskiion tetraphyllum
  • Baumea articulata, juncea, teragona and others
  • Blechnum penna-marina
  • Brasenia schreberi
  • Calystegia sepium
  • Carex fascicularis
  • Choizandra sphaerocephala
  • Crinnum pendunculatum
  • Gunnera cordifolia
  • Hydrocotyle verticulatta
  • Juncus pallidus
  • Ludwegia adscendens
  • Myriophyllum papillosum
  • Nymphoides crenata
  • Potamogeton sulcarus and other
  • Typha orientalis
  • Vallisneria nana
  • Villarsia exaltata
  • Wolffia australiana
Other aquatic plants for the pond or water garden.

Aquatic canna (canna glauca) are an attractive flowering canna that grows well near the edge of a pond. They look great in small clumps. Tall growing to nearly 2m aquatic cannas make great features.

Alocasia amazonica, Alocasia marcrohizos, and Colocasia esculenta are three marginal water plants grown for the foliage. Cyperus prolifer is a dwarf papyrus that does well in marginal positions. Fringed water lilies such as Nymphoides geminata and Nymphoides crenata are attractive flowering water plants.

Water Irises include the well know Louisiana Iris, a group of plants from the marshes of Southern North America. This group actually includes 5 species that have been extensively bred to produce what we now cal 'Louisiana Iris'. Species include Iris, brevicaulis, Iris giganticaerulea, Iris fulva, Iris hexagona and Iris nelsonii.

Japanese water Iris ( iris laevigata) and English water Iris ( iris psuedacorus) as well as the Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor). The southern blue flag iris is Iris Virginica while Iris ensta is another Japanese species used widely in ornamental fish ponds.

 

 

 
Water plants, aquatic plants and pond plants for : Sydney (New South Wales - NSW), Brisbane (Queensland - QLD), Melbourne Victoria VIC), Adelaide (South Australia - SA), Perth (Western Australia - WA), Hobart (Tasmania - TAS), Darwin (Northern Territory - NT) and Canberra (ACT)