plants for pond banks
When designing a beautiful, sustainable landscape around your pond, selecting the right plants for pond banks is essential. The ideal pond bank plantings help prevent erosion, filter runoff, create habitat for fish and wildlife, and turn your pond edge into a striking feature. Whether your pond is ornamental or part of a natural wetland, New Zealand nurseries offer a variety of attractive, hardy species well-suited to this unique environment. Below, we highlight top choices for plants for pond banks, discuss their benefits, and share expert planting tips to get your project off to the best possible start.
Carex flagellifera Green
Carex flagellifera Green is a NZ native, ornamental grass grown for its attractive foliage. It produces slender and lush, green leaves as it grows to 50 cm tall and the same width. Carex flagellifera Green is often planted around the base of larger trees, included in border plantings, mass planted either as a groundcover or on a bank, or used in coastal gardens. It also looks great in planters, particularly when the foliage can cascade to the ground.
From $11.50
Dianella Kentlyn
Dianella Kentlyn is a variety of the commonly known, Flax Lily, produces upright, strap-like leaves which are a rich, dark green with a blue undertone. Flower stems rise above the foliage through spring to bear masses of delicate, blue flowers which result in blue berries. It grows to 60 cm tall and 40 cm wide in full sun or partial shade. Dianella Kentlyn is commonly mass planted either as a groundcover or on a bank, included in borders or mixed plantings, planted around the base of large trees, grown around water features such as streams and ponds, or included in cottage gardens. This is a popular plant.
From $16.49
