{"product_id":"lychnis-flos-cuculi-marginal-pond-plant","title":"Lychnis flos-cuculi Marginal Pond Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003eLychnis flos-cuculi suits pond margins and bog garden borders where the soil stays damp rather than submerged, making it a good fit for the drier edges of a pond rather than open water. It offers pink, deeply fringed flowers through late spring and into summer, adding colour to the damper parts of a planting scheme. You get a live plant, supplied either in a mesh aquatic basket (1 litre or 3 litre, one plant each) or as a pack of three young plants each in their own 9cm pot. What sets it apart is its preference for moist soil over wet feet, so it covers margin positions many other marginal plants find too dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLychnis flos-cuculi is a native marginal plant with branched stems, narrow lance-shaped leaves and star-shaped pink flowers split into four slender segments, grown to sit in moist soil at the pond edge rather than in open water. That preference makes it a useful choice for bog gardens and damp margins where fully aquatic marginals can struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt offers colour from late spring into summer, when the fringed blooms open along the branching stems. Growth is slow, so it builds up gradually rather than spreading quickly through a bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can buy it as a single plant in a 1 litre mesh aquatic basket, a single plant in a 3 litre basket, or as a pack of three young plants each supplied in a 9cm pot. The basket-grown sizes are ready to place straight into the pond, while the 9cm pot plants need potting into a mesh basket before planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce established it needs little looking after. Cutting the stems back to just above the water surface once the foliage has died down in autumn keeps the plant tidy for the following season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSun\/Shade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFull sun to part shade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFlowers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMay to Aug\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePink\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGrowth rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSlow\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare instructions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLittle maintenance is required. Trim just above the water surface after foliage has died back in Autumn to tidy.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNative\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNative\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 litre: one plant in a 1 litre mesh aquatic basket; 3 litre: one plant in a 3 litre mesh aquatic basket; 9cm pot, pack of 3: three plants each in a 9cm pot.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60-100 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlanting depth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0-1 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"AquaticsHub","offers":[{"title":"1 litre \/ Single","offer_id":57643682201973,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 litre \/ Single","offer_id":57643682234741,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"9cm pot \/ Pack of 3","offer_id":57643682267509,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/0610\/4949\/files\/lychnis-flos-cuculi-marginal-pond-plant.jpg?v=1791708068","url":"https:\/\/aquaticshub.co.uk\/products\/lychnis-flos-cuculi-marginal-pond-plant","provider":"AquaticsHub","version":"1.0","type":"link"}