Plants for Wet Locations

The following is a list of plants that can tolerate wet soil.

  • Acer (Maple)
  • Actaea (Black Snakeroot)
  • Aegopodium (Bishop's Weed)
  • Amelanchier (Serviceberry)
  • Aronia (Chokeberry)
  • Astilbe (Spirea)
  • Bergenia (Pig Squeak)
  • Betula (Birch)
  • Chamaecyparis (False Cypress, Cedar)
  • Chelone (Turtlehead)
  • Clethra (Summersweet)
  • Cornus (Dogwood)
  • Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed)
  • Filipendula (Meadowsweet)
  • Fothergilla (Fothergilla)
  • Fraxinus (Ash)
  • Hamamelis (Witch Hazel)
  • Helenium (Sneeze Weed)
  • Hibiscus (Rose Mallow)
  • Hibiscus (Rose Mallow)
  • Ilex (Holly, Inkberry, Winterberry)
  • Itea (Virginia Sweetspire)
  • Larix (Larch)
  • Leucothoe (Leucothoe)
  • Ligularia (Groundsel)
  • Lindera (Spice Bush)
  • Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)
  • Lysimachia (Loosestrife)
  • Myrica (Northern Bayberry)
  • Phlox (Garden Phlox)
  • Physocarpus (Ninebark)
  • Picea (Spruce)
  • Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
  • Pyrus (Pear)
  • Rheum (Rhubarb)
  • Rhododendron (Rhododendron)
  • Rodgersia (Rodger's Flower)
  • Salix (Willow)
  • Sambucus (Elderberry)
  • Thalictrum (Meadow Rose)
  • Thuja (Arborvitae)
  • Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
  • Tricyrtis (Toad Lily)
  • Trollius (Globe Flower)
  • Tsuga (Hemlock)
  • Vaccinium (Blueberry, Cranberry)
  • Veronicastrum (Culvers Root)
  • Viburnum (Viburnum)