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
• Astilbe (Spirea)
• Athyrium (Fern)
• Betula (Birch)
• Brunnera (Siberian Bugloss)
• Caladium
• Caltha (Marsh Marigold)
• Campanula (Bell Flower)
• Caragana (Weeping Pea Shrub)
• Carex (Sedge Grass)
• Chelone (Turtlehead)
• Cleome
• Convallaria (Lily of the Valley)
• Cornus (Dogwood)
• Crataegus (Hawthorne)
• Digitalis (Foxglove)
• Dryopteris (Fern)
• Euonymus (Burning Bush)
• Filipendula (Meadowsweet)
• Forsythia
• Fraxinus (Ash)
• Ginkgo (Maidenhair Tree)
• Hamamelis (Witch Hazel)
• Hemerocallis (Daylily)
• Hibiscus (Rose Mallow)
• Hosta (Plantain Lily)
• Houttuynia
• 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