Plants for wet or damp soil
A garden prone to waterlogging doesn't mean you have to live with mud and
moss! There are many plants that thrive in wet or damp soil - some plants
need wet or damp soil to live! Below is a list of plants that will be happy
to live in wet or damp soil conditions.
Bamboo
Arundinaria murielae
Phyllostachys n. Boryana
Bulbs
Fritillaria meleagris - 'Snakes head fritillary'
Leucojum
Ferns
Dryopteris cristata - 'Crested buckler fern'
Matteucia struthiopteris -
'Ostrich fern'
Osmunda regalis - 'Royal fern'
Grasses
Acorus
Carex
Phalaris
Herbaceous
Angelica sylvestris - 'Angelica'
Aster - 'Michaelmas daisy'
Aruncus -
'Goats beard'
Astilbe
Caltha - 'Kingcup' or 'Marsh marigold'
Cimicifuga - 'Bugbane'
Darmera peltata
Epilobium - 'Willow herb'
Eupatorium
Filipendula - 'Meadowsweet'
Geum
Gunnera mannicata
Hemorocallis - 'Day lily'
Hosta - 'Plantain lily'
Houttuynia
Iris
ensata
Iris laevigata
Iris Pseudoacorus - 'Flag iris'
Iris Sibirica
- 'Siberian iris'
Kirengeshoma
Ligularia
Lobelia
Lythrum -
'Purple loosestrife'
Lysimachia
Mimulus - 'Monkey musk'
Monarda -
'Bergamot'
Peltiphylum pellatum
Polygonum - 'Knotweed'
Primula
Rheum - 'Ornamental rhubarb'
Rodgersia
Sanguisorba
Symphytum -
'Comfrey'
Trollius - 'Globe flower'
Zantedeschia - 'Arum lily'
Shrubs
Andromeda - 'Bog rosemary'
Aronia arbutifolia - 'Chokeberry'
Clethra
alnifolia - 'Summersweet'
Cornus - 'Dogwood'
Hippophae rhamnoides -
'Sea buckthorn'
Neillia thibetica
Physocarpus
Phormium tenax - 'New
Zealand flax'
Sambucus - 'Elder'
Salix - 'Willow'
Spiraea
Vaccinium corymbosum - 'Swamp blueberry'
Viburnum opulus - 'Guelder rose'
Trees
Alnus cordata - 'Italian alder'
Amelanchier canadensis - 'Snowy mespilus'
Metasequoia - 'Redwood'
Populus tremula - 'Aspen tree'
Salix chysocoma
- 'Weeping willow'
Sorbus aucuparia - 'Rowan' or 'Mountain ash'
Taxodium distichum