Plants to edge a wildlife pond

[rshort23]

Hi,
I have made a small wildlife pond in my garden so the frogs have somewhere to go while i overhaul a pond that came with the house i bought.
I want some plants to round round one edge of it, something that will stay fairly small but is dense, to cover the sight of the pond edge. After that it will be gravel.
Any ideas? i'm in the UK
Thanks

 

[addy1]

miniature Cattails, rush (around 1-2 ft tall and very dense)

 

[j.w]

If you want a creeping plant w/ pretty little yellow flowers Creeping Jenny is nice and it will even creep over and flow into your pond surface water. It grows pretty fast too.

 

[Waterbug]

Creeping jenny would be my fav.

I also like a combination of plants like this Sedum, Irish and Scottish mosses deal. For a wildlife pond I also might add some wild strawberry Fragaria vesca which looks great growing up out of moss.

 

[adavisus]

The ground on the outside of a pond is usually well drained and prone to drying out, the alpines and rockery section at the garden centre is likely to have the sort of plants that will do well for sunny positions. Hosta, mosses and ferns miiiiight do ok for shadey spots

Regards, andy
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[Waterbug]

The ground on the outside of a pond is usually well drained and prone to drying out...

In the UK?