Plants For Wet Areas In response to a Radio listener’s question. Here are a few plants that do quite well in rather wet-areas,where drainage tends to be rather poor. Remember, the roots of plants must have oxygen, so these plants cannot sit in water continually: TREES BIRCH (Betula spp.) DOGWOOD ‘KOUSA’ (Cornus Kousa) GINKGO (Ginkgo biloba) CHERRY ‘BIRCHBARK’ (Prunus serrula) CORKSCREW WILLOW (Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’) PUSSY WILLOW (Salix discolor.) SHRUBS RED OSIER DOGWOOD ( Cornus stolonifera) QUINCE, FLOWERING Chaenomeles spp.) BOG KALMIA (Kalmia polifolia) COMMON PRIVET (Liqustrum vulgare) ROSE-GOLD PUSSY WILLOW (Salix gracilistyla) SPIREA (Spirea spp.) PERENNIALS ASTILBE (Astilbe arendsii varieties) MARSH MARIGOLDS (Caltha palustris) PAMPASS GRASS (Cortaderia selloana) PLANTAIN LILY (Funkia) (Hosta spp.) JAPANESE IRIS (Iris ensata) SOLOMON’S SEAL (Polygonatum odoratum) GROUND COVERS BOG ROSEMARY (Andromeda polifolia nana) CORSICAN SANDWORT (Arenaria balearica) BLEEDING HEART (Dicentra formosa) ALGERIAN IVY (Hedera canariensis) BLUE STAR CREEPER (Pratia pedunculata) MYRTLE/PERIWINKLE (Vinca minor) VINES CANARY BIRD VINE (Annual) (Tropaeolum peregrinum) BLACK-EYED SUSAN VINE (Annual) (Thunbergia alata) SWEET PEAS (Annual) (Lathyrus odoratus) MOONFLOWER (Annual) (Ipomoea alba) TRAILING NASTURTIUMS (Annual) (Tropaeolum majus) SCARLET RUNNER BEAN (Annual) (Phaseolus coccineus) ANNUALS ENGLISH DAISIES (Bellis perennis) FOR-GET-ME-NOTS (Myosotis sylvatica) CALENDULA (Calendula officinalis) LARKSPUR (Consolida amibigua) CANDYTUFT (Annual variety) (Iberis umbellata) BABY BLUE-EYES (Nemophila menziesii) Return to Library - Back to Home Page