Plants for Wet Sites

Choosing plants for wet sites can be a challenge for those that have areas on their property that are low lying or prone to flooding. Selecting plants that thrive in wet and moist soil conditions can help gardeners to incorporate these areas into their overall garden design.

Light Conditions:

• FS = full sun
• PS = partial shade
• SH = shade

• Astilbe (Astilbe) FS–PS
• Goatsbeard (Aruncus) FS–PS
• Swamp/Red Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) FS
• Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) PS–SH
• Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) PS
• Sedge (Carex ) PS–SH
• Turtlehead (Chelone) FS–SH
• Joe-Pye-Weed (Eupatorium/Eutrochium) FS–PS
• Hosta (Hosta)PS–SH
• Wetland Iris (Iris virginica var. shrevei, I. versicolor) FS–PS
• Ligularia (Ligularia) PS
• Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) FS–PS
• Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) FS–PS
• Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) PS–SH
• Obedient Plant (Physostegia) FS–PS
• Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) FS–PS
• Ironweed (Vernonia) FS–PS
• Culvers Root (Veronicastrum) FS–PS

• Serviceberry (Amelanchier) FS–PS
• Chokeberry (Aronia) FS–PS
• Bog Birch (Betula glandulifera) FS–PS
• Buttonbush (Cephalanthus) FS–PS
• Summersweet (Clethra) FS–PS
• Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa) FS–PS
• Redosier Dogwood (Cornus sericea) FS–PS
• Hydrangea (Hydrangea) FS–PS
• Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) FS–PS
• Ninebark (Physocarpus) FS–SH
• Willow (Salix) FS
• Elderberry (Sambucus) FS–PS

• Freeman Maple (Acer x freemanii)
• River Birch (Betula nigra)
• Musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana)
• Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
• Planetree (Platanus)
• Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
• Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
• Willow (Salix)