Marginal plants are placed in the shallow water of  a pond to help soften the edge of a pond or make it look for natural. Varieties which are tender in New York, therefore need to be wintered over indoors  and commonly found at Bergen Water Gardens include:

  • Blue Bell – Ruellia brittoniana
  • Blue Bell Compacta – Ruellia brittoniana ‘Katie
  • Blue Star Creeper – Pratia pedunculata
  • Bog Lily – Crinum americanum
  • Canna, Australia – Canna ‘Australia’
  • Canna, Bengal tiger – Canna americanallis variegata
  • Canna, Black Knight
  • Canna – Longwood Hybrids:
    Endeavor – Canna glauca ‘Endeavor’
  • Erebus –   Canna glauca ‘Erebus’
  • Canna, Orange King Humbert – Canna ‘King Humbert’
  • Canna, Stuttgart – Canna ‘Stuttgart’
  • Cardinal Flower ‘Queen Victoria’ – Lobelia fulgens ‘Queen Victoria’
  • Chinese Ground Orchid – Bletilla striata
  • Fern, Leather – Acrostichum danaefolium
  • Ginger, Butterfly – Hedychium coronarium
  • Grass. Blue Eye – Sisyrinchium angustifolium
  • Papyrus, Dwarf – Cyperus haspan
  • Papyrus, Dwarf Giant – Cyperus percamenthus
  • Papyrus, Giant – Cyperus papyrus
  • Papyrus, Mexican – Cyperus giganteus
  • Pickeral, Giant – Pontederia lanceolata
  • Radican, Marble Queen – Echinodorus cordifolius
  • Rain Lily – Zephyranthes candida
  • Sagittaria, Aztec – Sagittaria montevidensis
  • Society Garlic – Tulbaghia violacea
  • Society Garlic, Variegated – Tulbaghia violacea ‘Variegata’
  • Spider Lily – Hymenocallis liriosme
  • Star Grass – Dichromena colorata
  • Star Grass Giant – Dichromena latifolia
  • Taro, Black Magic – Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’
  • Taro, Black Marble – Colocasia multiflora ‘Black Marble’
  • Taro, Blue Hawaii – Colocasia esculenta ‘Blue Hawaii’
  • Taro, Chicago Harlequin –
  • Taro, Imperial – Colocasia antiquorum
  • Taro, Tea Cups –
  • Umbrella Palm – Cyperus alternifolius
  • Umbrella Palm Dwarf – Cyperis alterifolius ‘Gracilis’
  • Umbrella Palm Medium – Cyperus spp.
  • Water Hibiscus Red – Hibiscus coccineus
  • Water Hibiscus White – Hibiscus moscheutos