It actually drains quite well in the winter. It's one of those few places in our yard proper that doesn't have a hard-pan layer close to the surface. It's also rich bottom-land, as the spring runoff drops all kinds of lovely nutrients and leaf mold there. The winter winds blow hard through this area as well, so there's not much in the way of snow piles that have to eventually melt.
It just does this..
...and this
and this....
a few times each spring!
The water drains into the lake and it usually takes less than a week or so to clear in the areas that I intend to plant. Daylilies, hostas and junipers grow there now without any problems.
So.... I'm thinking that perhaps almost anything
other than TB can go here(???)