Glyceria maxima variegata Marginal Pond Plant

This marginal pond plant gives your pond edge colour that changes through the seasons, starting with pink-striped shoots in spring and turning to yellow and white later in the year, with purplish-green flower spikes showing in summer. It suits planting on pond margins and shelves, and needs only a light trim each autumn to keep it tidy. Available as a single potted plant in a mesh basket or as a pack of three small starter plants.

Glyceria maxima variegata is a marginal pond plant grown for grassy foliage that changes colour through the season, from pink-striped new growth in spring to yellow and white later on, finished with purplish-green flower panicles in late summer. It offers pond margins and planting shelves a long stretch of seasonal colour, with the care instructions calling for little more than a trim just above the water surface once the foliage has died back in autumn.

It suits pond edges and shallow shelves where it has room to establish. Planting depth matters more than light conditions here: starting too deep before the roots take hold can slow new plantings down, and the right starting depth depends on the size you buy (see the sizing guidance below).

What you get depends on the size you choose, from a single potted plant in a mesh aquatic basket to a pack of three smaller plants in 9cm pots; see the variant notes below for what comes with each option.