A recent introduction is Josephine with purple-tipped, white flowers. Rhonda Kay is a purple star lily with blooms reaching 16 to 18 inches above the water. Red Flare, Antares and Jennifer Rebecca are showy red, night-flowering varieties. Marginals vary in height, texture and form and add interest and maturity to a water Garden. White bulrush has bright colored green and white variegated leaves that reach six feet.
Prairie cordgrass is easy to grow and turns golden brown in late summer.
The tropical, red-stemmed thalia is stunning with its red leaves. Taro, with its elephant ear leaves, is showy. The umbrella plant is popular and easy to grow. The short chameleon plant is a Colorado favorite with its beautiful variegated leaves. Permission is hereby given to duplicate this Plant talk Colorado TM script as is if credit is given to the sources.