Water Gardening: Pond Edge Planting Suggestions, 1 by Oberon46

Oberon46 wrote:
that makes a big difference. I know that some of the ponders here have mentioned hosta, ferns, creeping jenny. Creeping Jenny spreads fast and can even be invasive -- a dirty word in your lexicon I would bet. but it is relative. I have water celery in my pond planted in pots around the edges. I ripped it all out last fall as it spread over the surface of the pond and I figured it would just die out over the winter. Much to my surprise some of the roots must have gotten down deep in the rock because it came back growing up out of the rock. I don't think it can ever become a nuisance as winter will naturally trim it back. but that is maybe more of a surfactant, not a marginal. You could take a look at http://www.texaswaterlilies.com. They sell pond plants including marginals and bog plants of all varieties. Very inexpensive and postage is really a deal. I order each year from them and the postage to here from Texas is unbelievably cheap.

If you are going to make it a wild life pond, won't the critters like deer tromp your plants down. Unless you do something like creeping thyme, wooly thyme -- something that can take foot traffic but not be enticing to eat. Smells good though. It probably likes a dryer environment though. But the creeping thyme spreads fast. I will post a picture. It even has small flowers for a while.