Plants for Wet Locations

The following is a list of plants that can tolerate wet soil. Items with an asterisk (*) will tolerate standing water.

Trees

• Acer *
• Amelanchier
• Betula *
• Chamaecyparis *
• Fraxinus
• Larix
• Picea
• Pyrus *
• Salix
• Thuja
• Tsuga

Shrubs

• Aronia
• Clethra
• Cornus *
• Fothergilla
• Hamamelis
• Hibiscus
• Ilex
• Itea
• Leucothoe
• Lindera
• Myrica
• Physocarpus
• Rhododendron
• Sambucus
• Vaccinium
• Viburnum

Perennials

• Aegopodium
• Astilbe
• Bergenia
• Chelone
• Cimicifuga
• Eupatorium
• Filipendula
• Helenium
• Hibiscus
• Ligularia
• Lobelia
• Lysimachia
• Phlox
• Pulmonaria
• Rheum
• Rodgersia
• Thalictrum
• Tradescantia
• Tricyrtis
• Trollius
• Veronicastrum