Plants for Clay and Moist Soils

Planting in clay or moist soil? These plants will fare best under those conditions.

  • Abies (Fir)
  • Acer (Maple)
  • Aconitum (Monkshood)
  • Adiantum (Fern)
  • Ajuga (Bugleweed)
  • Amelanchier (Serviceberry)
  • Aronia (Chokeberry)
  • Aster (Aster)
  • Astilbe (Spirea)
  • Athyrium (Fern)
  • Betula (Birch)
  • Brunnera (Siberian Bugloss)
  • Caladium (Caladium)
  • Caltha (Marsh Marigold)
  • Campanula (Bell Flower)
  • Caragana (Weeping Pea Shrub)
  • Carex (Sedge Grass)
  • Chelone (Turtlehead)
  • Cleome (Cleome)
  • Convallaria (Lily of the Valley)
  • Cornus (Dogwood)
  • Crataegus (Hawthorne)
  • Digitalis (Foxglove)
  • Dryopteris (Fern)
  • Euonymus (Euonymus, Burning Bush)
  • Filipendula (Meadowsweet)
  • Forsythia (Forsythia)
  • Fraxinus (Ash)
  • Ginkgo (Maidenhair Tree)
  • Hamamelis (Witch Hazel)
  • Hemerocallis (Daylily)
  • Hibiscus (Rose Mallow)
  • Hosta (Plantain Lily)
  • Houttuynia (Houttuynia)
  • Iris (Iris)
  • Larix (Larch)
  • Ligularia (Groundsel)
  • Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)
  • Lysimachia (Loosestrife)
  • Malus (Flowering Crabapple, Apple)
  • Matteuccia (Fern)
  • Monarda (Beebalm)
  • Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not)
  • Paeonia (Peony)
  • Phlox (Garden Phlox)
  • Physalis (Chinese Lanterns)
  • Physocarpus (Ninebark)
  • Physostegia (Obedient Plant)
  • Picea (Spruce)
  • Pinus (Pine)
  • Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder)
  • Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal)
  • Polygonum (Knotweed)
  • Potentilla (Cinquefoil)
  • Pyrus (Pear)
  • Rhus (Sumac)
  • Rodgersia (Rodger's Flower)
  • Rosa (Rose)
  • Rudbeckia (Gloriosa Daisy)
  • Salix (Willow)
  • Sambucus (Elderberry)
  • Spiraea (Spirea)
  • Syringa (Lilac)
  • Thalictrum (Meadow Rose)
  • Thuja (Arborvitae)
  • Tiarella (Foamflower)
  • Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
  • Trollius (Globe Flower)
  • Ulmus (Elm)
  • Viburnum (Viburnum)