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