Easy to get hold of bog plant for frog?!

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  1. Sky Haussmann

    Sky Haussmann Gardener

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    Can someone please recommend me a bog plant or two that I will almost certainly be able to get from homebase? Smallish stuf would be ideal

    Spent day digging up some long grass i wanted to get rid of, and once it had nearly all gone, a frog hopped out, and I'd very much like to replace his grass with something he'd like.

    i would normally try and work this out myself, but I'm falling asleep! and im not going to have chance to go to GC for a while...
     
  2. skinmonkey

    skinmonkey Gardener

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    I'm not sure what bog plants Homebase will be likely to stock, they may have some hostas and primulas, but I've never got any of my bog plants from there. Have you though about mail order/ebay?

    Here's a few ideas from what I've got doing well in my bog garden:

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    [FONT=&quot]Butomus umbellatus - [FONT=&quot](Flowering Rush)[/FONT][/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Lobelia cardinalis[/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Myosotis palustris - [FONT=&quot](Water Forget-me-not)[/FONT][/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Purple Loosestrife Lythrum[/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Calla palustris - [FONT=&quot](Bog Arum)[/FONT][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Marsh Marigold (Caltha Palustris)[/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Eriophorum angustifolium - [FONT=&quot](Cotton grass)[/FONT][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Ragged Robin[FONT=&quot]
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    [FONT=&quot]Rumex sanguineus - (Bloody Dock) [/FONT]
     
  3. Sky Haussmann

    Sky Haussmann Gardener

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    cheers for the advice!

    i just got a couple of primulas for now, ill see if i can get to GC soonish...i really want some water forget-me-nots and marsh marigolds....
     
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