Plants for Wet Areas

Wet areas pose special problems in the landscape.  However, there are many plants which may tolerate these poor drainage conditions.  In wet areas, the addition of a proper soil mix will improve the soil composition and increase drainage. The following are plants recommented for wet areas.

 TREES:

• American Arborvitae
• Amlanchier varieties
• River Birch
• Cryptomeria
• Pin Oak
• Willow Oak
• Shumard Oak
• Swamp White Oak
• Red Maple varieties
• Autumn Blaze Maple
• Sweet Bay Magnolia
• Sweet Gum
• Black Gum
• Weeping Willow varieties

SHRUBS:

• Aronia
• Blueberry
• Clethra varieties
• Inkberyy Holly
• Winterberry Holly
• Itea varieties
• Leucothoe axillaris
• Old fashion Snowball
• Red Twig Dogwood
• Viburnum dentatum

 PERENNIALS:

• Astible
• Calico Aster
• Beebalm
• Big Blue Lobelia
• Ferns
• Forget-Me-Nots
• Iris
• Pennyroyal
• Sweet flag