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Eupatorium cannabinum
Eupatorium cannabinum
€3.00
Hemp Agrimony (Cnáib uisce) Eupatorium cannabinum must be one of the most popular among bees and butterflies. Native throughout Ireland and found by ponds, rivers, on seacliffs and indeed in ditches, this is a big plant, with nice upright and reddish, branched stems carrying racemes of wide flat flowerheads with tiny pink flowers from July to S...

Geum rivale - Water Avens
€4.75
Water Avens An attractive native plant, Geum rivale is a medium-sized, rather slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial which thrives in wet meadows and as a marginal plant beside streams. The soft green basal leaves are rounded and lobed, and the leaves on the deep-red stems are tripartite. From May to September, the plant bears delicate,...

Iris pseudacorus - Yellow Flag
€3.50
Yellow Flag Iris Commonly known as the yellow flag Iris, Iris pseudacorus is often seen in boggy areas or growing in shallow water at the edge of a pond. Planted out in boggy ground, this plant colonises rapidly to form large clumps with long, erect strap shaped leaves and bright yellow flowers in summer. As with all Iris, the tubers are harmful...

Lychnis flos-cuculi - Ragged Robin
€3.00
Ragged Robin (Nóinín mór) This native wildflower is abundant throughout Ireland, usually seen in marshes and damp meadows where it is one of the prettiest to inhabit these type of areas. Linear to oblong leaves on slender, upright stalks bear deep rose-pink flowers, the petals modified into delicately fringed blossoms to make it withstand the wi...

Alisma plantago-aquatica - Water Plantain
€4.75
Water Plantain A native plant that is frequently found growing on the margins of canals, ponds and in other shallow, wet places in Ireland. Also known as devil’s spoons, Alisma plantago-aquatica is a small, rhizomatous perennial plant which forms basal, grey-green rosettes of 1’/30cm leaves. In spring, water plantain bears tall panicles of white...

Anagallis tenella - Bog pimpernel
€4.75
Bog pimpernel Commonly known as bog pimpernel, Anagallis tenella forms a dense carpet of tiny evergreen leaves, mixed with numerous rosy pink flowers from late spring to early summer. This spreading, native plant is ideal in a bog garden or very shallow water. Position: Full sunPlanting depth: Grow in the damp margin to level with the water surf...

Butomus umbellatus - Flowering Rush
€4.75
Flowering Rush A pretty aquatic plant for shallow water or wet pond margins, Butomus umbellatus is a herbaceous, rhizomatous perennial, possibly native to Co Clare, otherwise introduced. The upright, twisted leaves emerge red, turning green, and provide a grassy accent round a pond. From July to August, pretty umbels, ¾”/2cm wide, of pink flower...

Caltha palustris - Marsh Marigold
€3.00
King cup or Marsh marigold (Lus buí Bealtaine) Once established, Caltha palustris or commonly known as the King cup or Marsh marigold produces a mass of bright yellow flowers very early in the spring. After flowering in March and April most foliage will gradually die back as the flowers fade, but sometimes it has a second flowering later in the ...

Cardamine pratensis - Cuckoo flower
€4.75
Cuckoo flower or Lady’s Smock Mounds of pale green ferny foliage with pale lilac blooms in late spring & early summer. The Cuckoo Flower is noted for attracting wildlife, it is one of the main food plants of the Orange Tip butterfly. Cardamine pratensis is best grown in large drifts in damp woodland, meadows or as a marginal plant in the moi...

Eleocharis palustris - Common spikerush
€4.75
Common spikerush Eleocharis Palustris is a native Irish plant with attractive, densely tufted stems and masses of attractive seed-heads. This plant is suitable for growing at the edge of ponds, lakes and streams and grow to a height of around 30 to 70 cm and requires a water depth of 0 to 6 cm over the crown. Position: Full sun to part shadePlan...

Hypericum elodes - Marsh St John's-wort
€4.75
Hypericum elodes This is a very pretty member of the St John’s-wort family, a native but not very widespread in Ireland. Hyperiocum elodes has downy, heart shaped leaves and clusters of pale yellow flowers in summer. Creeping habit, with stolon-like node-rooting runners and erect stems. Provides good habitat for pond creatures. Position: Full su...

Lychnis flos-cuculi White Robin
€4.00
Ragged Robin White Robin A white form of the native ragged robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi White Robin is a modest but fashionable plant of great charm and prettiness. An upright, spreading, herbaceous perennial, it has blue-green, lance-shaped leaves at the base; leaves further up the stem are rounder. From late May to early August, loose heads of ...

Mentha aquatica - Water Mint
€4.75
Water Mint A native plant found in damp ditches, fens and by the banks of streams, Mentha aquatica is a fast-growing, deciduous, herbaceous perennial, spreading by way of rhizomes, and also ‘rafting’ out across the water of ponds. The pointed, deeply veined leaves are green, with an unmistakable minty scent. The flowers are rounded, rather globu...

Menyanthes trifoliata - Bogbean
€4.75
Bogbean An attractive marginal plant for ponds or lakes, Menyanthes trifoliata is a native, vigorous, fast-growing, herbaceous plant of still water with a creeping, rhizomatous habit, extending outward over the surface of the water. The olive-green leaves are trifoliate (clover-shaped). From April to June, vertical racemes of pink buds open to w...

Myosotis scorpioides - Water forget-me-not
€4.75
Water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides ( syn Myosotis paulustris) is better known as the Water Forget-Me-Not. This delicate little native plant has numerous clusters of long flowering, small blue flowers which attract abundant pollinators throughout the summer Position: Full Sun to Part ShadePlanting depth: Damp soil to 20cm (8’’) below water ...

Myriophyllum spicatum - Spiked Water Milfoil (Oxygenator)
€5.00
Spiked Water Milfoil A native submerged water plant for still or very slowly flowing water and ditches, Myriophyllum spicatum is an oxygenator and a rather fast growing water-plant that can form below-surface masses which can, in its preferred conditions, shade out the water. The attractive, submerged feathery leaves are green, in whorls round t...

Nuphar lutea - Yellow Water Lily
€12.00
Yellow Water Lily Also known as brandy bottle from the strongly alcoholic smell of the flowers, Nuphar lutea is a beautiful, vigorous, native plant of still or slowly flowing water, often found in lakes and the backwaters of canalised rivers. It is a large, herbaceous pond-plant with a slowly expanding habit. The deep green, leathery leaves form...

Nymphaea alba - Native white waterlily
€12.00
Waterlily - alba Ireland’s only native water lily, Nymphaea alba has handsome green foliage and white flowers. Best grown about 1 meter deep, but it can grow in up to 3 meters of water if allowed to adjust very gradually, since its growth rate at these depths will be significantly slower. The green foliage forms handsome rafts of lily pads, offe...

Ranunculus aquatilis - Common Water Crowfoot (Oxegenator)
€5.00
Common Water Crowfoot A mat-forming, rather short-lived, aquatic perennial in the buttercup family, native Ranunculus aquatilis will thrive in still or gently flowing water. It is an excellent oxygenator, keeping the pond or stream healthy, as well as providing a refuge for pond-life. The submerged leaves are thread-like, and lobed, kidney-sh...

Typha latifolia - Bullrush
€4.75
Great Reedmace A native rush, also known, strangely, as asparagus of the Cossacks, Typha latifolia is a tall, robust, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial, which can spread a lot; it has an upright habit. It has long, strap-shaped, green leaves. In summer, great reedmace bears tall, cylindrical, brown bulrush-type flower-spike – it is often called b...