| I have a wet area from hillside run-off. What are good plants/shrubs to plant in this area? It very seldom dries out. |
| There are only a few plants that will grow in soggy soils: Shrubs include Inkberry Ilex glabra; Sweet pepperbush Clethra alnifolia; Sweetshrub Calycanthus floridus; Virginia sweetspire Itea virginica; Wax myrtle Myrica cerifera; Winterberry Ilex verticillata. Perennials to consider; Bee balm Monarda didyma; Blue flag iris Iris brevicaulis; Canna Canna spp.; Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis; Japanese iris Iris ensata; Joe-Pye weed Eupatorium purpureum; Lady fern Athyrium filix-femina; River oats Chasmanthium latifolium; Royal fern Osmunda regalis; Siberian iris Iris siberica; Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana; Swamp sunflower Helianthus angustifolium; Sweet flag Acorus gramineus; Yellow flag Iris pseudacorus. Creeping jenny or wild violets will serve as a groundcover in soggy soils. |
