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