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Aquatic Garden

Plant List

Soft and informal, this year’s Aquatic Garden display features emergent plants that have their roots in the water and most of their foliage above. A mosaic of leaves and colorful flowers converge with one another, covering the surface of the water like a floating meadow. Inspired by the softness of breezy summer grassy swale, this Aquatic Meadow includes many grass-like plants, hardy and exotic water lilies (some are night blooming), a central Victoria cruziana with its huge water platter leaves and other floating oddities. Gardener Christopher Bivens also includes some “made you look plants” like Chelone lyonii (pink turtlehead) that are atypical in this garden. Check out below for a full plant list of this year’s Aquatic Garden design.

Alisma gramineum
Water Plantain

Canna glauca 'Erebus'
Canna Lily cultivar

Canna glauca 'Ra'
Canna Lily cultivar

Canna 'Pacific Beauty'
Canna Lily cultivar

Carex stricta
Tussock Sedge

Chelone lyonii
Pink Turtlehead

Colocasia esculenta 'Diamond Head'
Taro cultivar

Colocasia esculenta 'Illustris'
Taro cultivar

Cyperus alternifolius
Umbrella Papyrus

Cyperus papyrus
Papyrus

Cyperus percamenthus
Dwarf Papyrus

Eleocharis quadrangulata
Spikesedge

Heteranthera reniformis
Kidneyleaf Mud-plantain

Hippuris vulgaris
Mare's-tail

Iris versicolor
Blue Flag

Juncus effusus
Bog Rush

Ludwigia sedioides
Mosaic Plant

Mimulus guttatus
Seep Monkeyflower

Nelumbo 'Gold and Jade Peony Lotus'
Lotus cultivar (green double)

Nelumbo 'Gold Splash Hibiscus'
Lotus cultivar (pink/white)

Nelumbo 'Green Star Lotus'
Lotus cultivar (white)

Nelumbo nucifera
Sacred Lotus

Nelumbo 'Yixian Lian'
Lotus cultivar (yellow)

Neptunia oleracea
Water Mimosa

Nymphaea ‘Joey Tomocik’
Hardy Waterlily cultivar (yellow)

Nymphaea ‘Marliacea Chromatella’
Hardy Waterlily (light yellow)

Nymphaea ‘Mayla’
Hardy Waterlily (fuchsia)

Nymphaea ‘Peach Glow’
Hardy Waterlily (peach)

Nymphaea 'Colorado'
Hardy Waterlily (light pink)

Nymphaea 'Leopardess'
Tropical Waterlily cultivar (pastel purple)

Nymphoides peltata
Yellow Floating Heart

Oryza 'Black Madra'
Ornamental Rice

Pontederia cordata
Pickerelweed

Ruellia brittoniana
Mexican Petunia

Typha angustifolia
Narrow-leaved Cattail

Victoria cruziana
Water Platter Queen