Description

Geum rivale (Lemon Drop Water Avens) is a charming perennial that brings a gentle elegance to wetland gardens, ponds, and water features. With its bell-shaped lemon-yellow and white flowers, this plant adds a soft, breezy aesthetic to any garden. The delicate blooms sway gracefully on long, slender stems, creating a whimsical movement in the wind.

Lemon Drop Water Avens thrives in damp, well-drained soils, making it ideal for the edges of ponds, streams, or boggy areas. Its lovely blooms, which appear in late spring to early summer, are complemented by attractive foliage, making it a perfect choice for adding colour and texture to a naturalised garden or water feature.

Features:

• Bell-shaped lemon-yellow and white flowers that sway delicately in the breeze
• Long, slender stems give the plant an airy, graceful appearance
• Ideal for damp, well-drained soils at pond edges or in boggy areas
• Blooms in late spring to early summer, attracting pollinators
• Adds texture, colour, and movement to water gardens or naturalised landscapes

Add Geum rivale (Lemon Drop) to your garden for a beautiful, soft display of delicate flowers that gently dance in the breeze, perfect for bringing a touch of elegance to wetland or pondside settings.

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

Little maintenance is required. Trim just above the water surface after foliage has died back in Autumn to tidy.

Colour

Yellow

Growth rate

Slow

Flowers

May-Sept

Sun/shade

Full sun to part shade

Native

Season

Spring, Summer

Measurements in centimetres

Height Min –Max

30-50

Depth Min-Max

0-8