Description

Bring elegance and subtle beauty to your pond or water garden with the Caltha palustris alba (White Himalayan Marigold). This stunning perennial features soft white blooms that create a serene, reflective atmosphere around your water features. While it flowers a little less prolifically than the classic Caltha palustris, its unique charm lies in its ability to bloom again later in the year once mature, providing you with a second burst of beauty. Perfect for moist, wet conditions, it thrives near ponds or in damp garden areas, offering reliable, seasonal interest.

• Flower Color: Soft, pure white
• Flowering Pattern: Less prolific, but rewards with a second bloom later in the year
• Best For: Wet areas, pond edges, or damp garden borders
• Growing Needs: Prefers moist, fertile soil and full sun to partial shade
• Ideal For: Water gardens and aquatic landscapes

The White Himalayan Marigold is a wonderful choice for those who appreciate a more understated yet rewarding plant for their water garden, with the added bonus of an unexpected second bloom.

Repotting or planting

9cm marginal plants require potting into a larger mesh basket. Place in a pond no deeper than 1/3 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish. 1ltr marginal plants do not require repotting, place in the pond no deeper than 1/2 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish. 3ltr and 5ltr plants do not require repotting, as they are larger more established plants they can be placed up to the maximum recommended depth. There is no need to remove the mesh basket.

Care instructions

After flowering in March and April, some foliage will die back. Remove dead leaves and flowers to tidy and encourage a potential second flowering.

Colour

White

Growth rate

Slow

Flowers

March- April

Sun/shade

Full sun-Part shade

Season

Spring

Measurements in centimetres

Height Min –Max

20-30

Depth Min-Max

0-10