Submerged Pond Plants

Submerged pond plants grow mostly beneath the water surface. Out of sight but never idle, they're some of the most useful plants you can add to a pond.

Why grow submerged plants?

Submerged plants release oxygen into the water during the day and take up nutrients directly from the water, competing with algae for food. Their stems and leaves also create an underwater forest where fish can shelter, small fish and tadpoles can hide, and frogs and fish can lay eggs.

Our submerged plants

Choose from Upright Water Milfoil, Pink Rotala, Water Hyssop, Water Wisteria and Brahmi, along with plants like Water Ribbon and Marbled Marshwort that start underwater and send leaves or flowers up to the surface.

Planting tips

Plant submerged plants in baskets of heavy aquatic soil topped with gravel, and place them where they get good light – on a shelf or the pond floor in shallower ponds. Trim them regularly in summer so they don't take over, and replant the cuttings to grow new plants.

Read more in our guide to the best submerged pond plants for Australian ponds, or shop our full range of oxygenating pond plants.

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Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri) with floating ring
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Water Hyssop (Bacopa caroliniana) with floating ring
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Upright Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum crispatum)with floating ring
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Pink Rotala (Rotala roundifolia) with floating ring
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Lebanese Cress (Aethionema Cordifolium) with floating ring
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Marsilea Mutica Nardoo (Water Clover) Pond Plant with Floating Ring
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Water Ribbon (Triglochin procera ) Pond Plant with Floating Ring
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Water Wisteria (Hygrophillia difformis) with floating ring
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Marbled Marshwort (Nymphoides spinulosperma) Pond Plant
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Our plants are packed to stay in transit for weeks! Alternatively, you can click & collect from our retail outlet.

On Arrival

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