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1. Aruncus (Goat's Beard)
Aruncus is a hardy perennial with fern-like foliage and plumes of creamy-white flowers.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/aruncus.php

2. Astilbe
Astilbe is one of the best known bog garden plants. The deeply cut fern-like foliage is tinted with bronze in spring.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/astilbe.php

3. Bog Plants
Pictorial index of bog plants.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/

4. Cardamine (Cuckoo flower)
Cardamine is a UK native wildflower that does well in the bog garden. It has pale green fern-like foliage and clusters of lilac-pink flowers.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/cardamine.php

5. Darlingtonia (Cobra Lily)
Darlingtonia californica is one of the more tricky carnivorous plants to cultivate because it likes direct sunlight and its roots need to be cool.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/darlingtonia.php

6. Drosera (Sundew)
Drosera rotundifolia is a UK native sundew. Sundews are carnivorous plants that use a sticky mucilage secreted from the glandular hairs on their leaves to catch small insects.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/drosera.php

7. Eupatorium (Boneset)
Eupatorium is a UK native wildflower that attracts to bees and butterflies. Ideal for the boggy edges at the back of a wildlife pond.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/eupatorium.php

8. Filipendula (Meadowsweet)
Filipendula is a perennial herb that is native to most of Europe and western Asia. It has many medicinal uses including the treatment of fever, diarrhoea and acid stomach.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/filipendula.php

9. Geum (Water Avens)
Geum rivale is native to the UK and best suited to the bog garden but can be grown in shallow margins.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/geum.php

10. Gunnera (Prickly Rhubarb)
Gunnera is a large architectural plant with huge deeply veined rhubarb-like leaves supported on thick prickly stems.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/gunnera.php

11. Hemerocallis (Day Lily)
Hemerocallis are available in a range of colours including yellow, orange, pink and red. Although each flower only lasts a day there are several buds on each stem and new flowers open daily.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/hemerocallis.php

12. Hosta (Plantain Lily)
Hostas are popular bog garden plants that are grown mainly for their foliage. They prefer some shade and are prone to slug damage.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/hosta.php

13. Iris pseudacorus (Yellow Flag) and Iris pseudacorus (Yellow Flag)
Large vigorous Iris suitable for the larger bog garden. UK native. Iris versicolor is smaller and less invasive than Iris pseudacorus making it more suitable for smaller areas.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/iris.php

14. Ligularia (Golden Groundsel)
Ligularia dentata is grown as much for its foliage as for its clusters of large orange or yellow daisy-like flowers.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/ligularia.php

15. Lobelia (Great Blue Lobelia)
Lobelia siphilitica is a shade loving plant with spikes of blue flowers in late summer. It is prone to slug damage and short-lived, it only lasts about three years.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/lobelia.php

16. Lychnis (Ragged Robin)
Lychnis flos-cuculi can be found in damp places in much of Europe, Siberia and Caucasus. It is ideal for around a wildlife pond.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/lychnis.php

17. Lysichiton (Skunk Cabbage)
North American relative of the Arum with yellow spathes. Leaves are spear shaped, mid-green with dark blotches. It can be grown in the bog garden or as a marginal.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/lysichiton.php

18. Lysimachia (Chinese Loosestrife)
Lysimachia clethroides looks like a small Buddleia with its curved spikes of tiny white flowers and lance-shaped leaves.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/lysimachia.php

19. Lythrum (Purple loosestrife)
Lythrum is a tall wildflower naitve to the UK. The strong upright stems are topped with spikes of purple flowers in summer.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/lythrum.php

20. Matteuccia (Ostrich Fern)
Matteuccia struthiopteris looks best grown in groups in dappled shade. It sends out lateral stolons to form new crowns which can be left to form colonies or divided in spring.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/matteuccia.php

21. Mimulus (Monkey Flower)
Mimulus lewisii is a popular rose-pink species of Monkey Flower. Other species include Mimulus cardinalis (orange-red) and Mimulus cupreus (red).
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/mimulus.php

22. Onoclea (Sensitive Fern)
Onoclea sensibilis needs very wet soil and can be grown in the bog garden or shallow margings. The fronds change colour with the seasons.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/onoclea.php

23. Osmunda (Royal Fern)
Osmunda regalis is a large fern that needs lots of room. The tall lime-green fronds turn to bronze in the autumn.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/osmunda.php

24. Peltiphyllum (Umbrella Plant)
Peltiphyllum (or Darmera) peltatum has globe-shaped heads of small pink flowers in spring . The foliage is bronze-green, turning to reds and browns in autumn.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/peltiphyllum.php

25. Polygonum (Knotweed)
Polygonum affine is one of the most popular Knotweeds with long-lasting poker-like heads of tiny pink flowers. There are many varieties but choose carefully as most are very invasive.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/polygonum.php

26. Primula (Primrose)
Primula is an excellent bog garden plant that looks great around the wildlife pond. There are numerous varieties and colours to choose from.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/primula.php

27. Rheum (Chinese Rhubarb)
Rheum palmatum is an ornamental rhubarb with large architectural foliage that are crimson-purple when young. The cerise-pink flowers are borne on huge flower spikes in summer.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/rheum.php

28. Rodgersia
Rodgersia podophylla is grown as much for its foliage as for the plumes of star-shaped creamy-green flowers that appear in summer.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/rodgersia.php

29. Sarracenia (Pitcher Plant)
Sarracenia flava is one of a few carnivorous plants that can be grown outdoors. It has tall green-yellow pitchers with red veining and unusual yellow flowers.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/sarracenia.php

30. Schizostylis (Kaffir Lily)
Schizostylis coccinea is a late flowering plant with Gladioli-like flower spikes and sword-shaped leaves. This South African plant is not fully hardy.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/schizostylis.php

31. Trollius (Globe Flower)
Trollius europaeus has dark green lobed leaves and large globular yellow flowers. This UK native plant is easy to grow as long as the soil is not allowed to dry out.
http://www.pond-life.me.uk/plants/bog/trollius.php