Of course, hobby gardeners prefer it when their marsh plants are hardy in the marsh bed by the garden pond or in the bucket. In this case, you don't have to laboriously bring the specimens into the house during the frosty season. This post briefly and succinctly portrays popular hardy swamp plants.
Purple loosestrife not only flowers beautifully, it is also very hardy
11 mini portraits of hardy marsh plants
You will get to know eleven attractive marsh plants that are frost-resistant and can therefore easily be left outside in winter without being damaged. serve as points of comparison
- the flower color,
- the required water depth,
- the location desired by the respective plant and
- the need for care.
In this way, you have the opportunity to compare the various hardy marsh plants based on their main visual characteristics as well as in relation to the location requirements and the effort for you when cultivating.
The compact comparison will certainly make it easier for you to find the most suitable marsh plants for your garden pond.
Loosestrife (botanical name: Lythrum salicaria)
Flower color: pink
Required water depth: 0 cm
Desired location: sunny
Care: easy
Curly pondweed (botanical name: Potamogeton crispus)
Flower Color: Green
Required water depth: 40 to 120 cm
Desired location: sunny to semi-shady
Care: easy
Juggler's Flower (botanical name: Mimulus luteus)
Flower Color: Yellow
Required water depth: 0 to 20 cm
Desired location: sunny to semi-shady
Care: easy
Meadowsweet (botanical name: Filipendula spec)
Flower color: white to pink
Required water depth: 0 cm
Desired location: semi-shady to shady
Care: easy
Swamp calla (botanical name: Calla palustris)
Flower color: white to pink
Required water depth: 0 cm
Desired location: sunny to semi-shady
Care: easy
Marsh marigold (botanical name: Caltha palustris)
Flower Color: Yellow
Required water depth: 0 to 20 cm
Desired location: sunny to semi-shady
Care: easy
Swamp fern (botanical name: Thelypteris palustris)
Flower color: -
Required water depth: 0 to 5 cm
Desired location: partially shaded
Care: easy
Marsh horsetail (botanical name: Equisetum palustre)
Flower color: brown
Required water depth: 0 cm
Desired location: sunny to semi-shady
Care: easy
Swamp Forget-Me-Not (botanical name: Myosotis scorpiodes)
Flower color: blue
Required water depth: 0 cm
Desired location: sunny to semi-shady
Care: easy
Marsh iris (botanical name: Iris pseudocarus)
Flower Color: Yellow
Required water depth: 0 to 20 cm
Desired location: sunny to semi-shady
Care: easy
Cotton grass (botanical name: Eriophorum vaginatum)
Flower color: white
Required water depth: 0 to 40 cm
Desired location: sunny
Care: medium