To create a thriving habitat for wildlife, we recommend incorporating a mix of plants suited to your pond’s size and surroundings. Below is a guide to help you get started.

1. Oxygenating Plants
   Essential for maintaining water quality, these submerged plants provide shelter for invertebrates and tadpoles while oxygenating the water.

2. Tall Plants
   Ideal for dragonflies and damselflies, tall plants offer perching spots and emerging points for their nymphs.

3. Marginal Plants
   Plant these around the pond’s edges to support pollinators (like bees and butterflies) and provide cover for amphibians both in and out of the water. They also create shelter for birds visiting the pond.

4. Edge Plants (e.g., Ferns)
   Planted around the pond’s perimeter, these add dense cover for amphibians, hedgehogs, and small mammals. They also help blend the pond naturally into your garden.

5. Safe Entry/Exit Points
   Ensure wildlife can access and leave the pond safely by adding gentle slopes, rocks, or shallow areas. This is especially important for hedgehogs, frogs, and other creatures.

Pond Size & Custom Packages
The number of plants required depends on your pond’s size. We offer tailored plant packages for different pond dimensions—please contact us to discuss your needs. A small fee applies for this bespoke service.

No, deep water plants do not require repotting. Keep them in their original mesh basket – there’s no need to remove it

• 1-litre lilies: Repot into a 3-litre (or larger) mesh basket.

• 3-litre lilies: Not required, but they’ll thrive in a larger basket.

• 10-litre & 30-litre lilies: No repotting needed. Keep them in their original mesh basket.

• 9cm marginals: Repot into a mesh basket. Place in the pond at no deeper than 1/3 of their max recommended depth to help them establish.

• 1-litre marginals: No repotting required, but a larger basket is beneficial. Place at no deeper than 1/2 their max recommended depth.

• Tall plants (over 60cm): Repot into a larger basket or plant in gravel to stabilize them in windy conditions.

• 3-litre & 5-litre plants: No repotting needed. Place directly on the pond shelf at their required depth.

Simply place them on the pond surface, ensuring their roots are submerged in water.

Remove the plant from its pot and replant it in damp soil or a bog area. Dig a hole deep enough to cover the root ball completely.

Planting depth refers to the measurement from the point where the plant emerges from the soil (the crown) to the surface of the water.

• For plants in a mesh basket or planting bag, this is measured from the top of the basket/bag to the water’s surface.

• Detailed planting depth guides are provided on each product page on our website and on individual plant labels.

• Maximum planting depth is a guideline, not a target. Most marginal plants thrive as long as their roots (or “feet”) are kept wet, even in shallower water.

Plants are great for controlling algae and blanketweed as they compete for the nutrients, but if you need an extra bit of help (especially while your pond is new) then adding barley straw can help combat the green menace.

All of our pond plants have repotting instructions on the product page, and the information is also available above in our Pond Plants FAQ section above. We sell a wide variety of pond planting baskets in our store. 

We also have bags of specialist aquatic soil for repotting pond plants. 

Pond plants get a lot of their nutrients from either the water column, aquatic soil or sediment at the bottom of the pond. Some flowering plants (such as lilies) do benefit from annual feeding,, which come in the form of easy to administer fertilizer. 

Plants are great for controlling algae and blanketweed as they compete for the nutrients, but if you need an extra bit of help (especially while your pond is new) then adding barley straw can help combat the green menace.

We deliver pond plants across the UK. However, we no longer ship to Northern Ireland, mainland Ireland, Guernsey (GY), or Jersey (JE).

Orders placed by 11am Monday–Wednesday are dispatched the next working day. To prevent plants being in transit over weekends, we do not dispatch orders on Fridays.

We adjust dispatch days depending on the season. 

Dispatch days vary throughout the year:

• March: Twice weekly (Tuesday & Thursday)

• April to mid-August: 4 days per week (Monday–Thursday)

• Mid-August to September: Twice weekly (Tuesday & Thursday)

• October to February: Once per week (Tuesday)

Our couriers will leave your order in a cool, shaded spot at your delivery address. If possible, they may also leave it with a neighbour.

Shipping costs are calculated by weight at checkout:

• Up to 1.9kg (and under 60cm long; excludes Rough Horsetail/Yellow Flag Iris): £5

• 2kg–20kg (excluding 30L lilies): £8

• 20kg+ (pallet delivery): £70

Yes, additional fees apply for certain postcodes:

• £10: E, EH, EY, N, NW, KY, SE2-10, 12-20, 99, SW2,4,6,8,9,11-20,99, W3-7,9,12-13,15

• £20: DD, EC, PH1-16, PH17-26, SE1, SE11, SW1,3,5,7,10, W1-2,8,10,11,14, WC

• £30: AB10-16,21-25,30-39,41-45,51-56,99, IV1-28,30-32,36, KW1-14, PH30-41,49-50

• £40: PA21-41, PO30-41

• £70: KA27-28

• £80: IM, PH42-44

• £90: GY1-8, JE, PA20,42-49,60-78,80

• £110: IV40-52,55-56,63, KW15-17

• £120: ZE

• £140: HS

There is no tracking for Royal Mail orders, these will be sent on a 24 hours service. 

For APC delivery we will send you tracking information for your order. 

We want you to love your pond plants! However, as perishable items (including plants and molluscs) are exempt from the right to cancel under UK distance selling regulations, we’re unable to accept returns or exchanges for these products once they’ve been dispatched.

Rest assured, every plant is carefully checked and packed at our nursery to arrive in thriving condition. If you have any concerns about your order, please get in touch straight away – we’re always happy to help!

If your plants arrive damaged or there’s been a packing mistake, don’t worry—we’ll happily replace them or issue a refund! To help us resolve things quickly:

1. Snap a photo of the damaged item and its packaging.

2. Send it to us (ideally within 24 hours of delivery).

This helps us claim from the courier and ensures we can fix the issue fast while keeping our service top-notch.

Just drop us a message with the details, and we’ll sort it straight away.