By Pammie
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom 
Idea s please for small plants surrounding my pond ? I have a plant just budding [ like a giant Buttercup ] which is part submerched in the pond .Its really beautiful and lasts for ages when in flower, but need other small plants around
24 Mar, 2012
Answers
Maybe one of the smaller species of butterwort (Pinguicula)?
24 Mar, 2012
there are some nice variegated plants called Acoris, they will grow happily in the water or in the damp soil behind.
24 Mar, 2012
Candelabra primulas will relish the damp soil around a pond
24 Mar, 2012
creeping jenny is realy nice and happily hangs in the water to .
25 Mar, 2012
Thankyou for all who have answered,I will take note of suggestions
25 Mar, 2012
your welcome .
25 Mar, 2012
The thing that you say is like a butter cup may be a marsh marigold
http://wanderingowloutside.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/100_0312.jpg
I'm not sure if you're looking for plants that will grow in very wet conditions or just small plants to grow in normalo ground around the pond
Astilbes will grow happily in very wet ground but will also cope well with dryer ground.
Hostas look lovely next to a pond.
24 Mar, 2012