Groundcovers for Wet Sites

Usually wet soil and boggy soil poses a difficult problem for the gardener. Few plants can thrive where roots remain wet nearly all of the time.

Some plants native to boggy soil or that grow at the edge of lakes and rivers can transform a sodden area of the garden into a green and colorful space.

Here is a list of plants adapted to sodden earth.

Common Name	Botanical Name	Zones
Chinese astilbe	Astilbe chinensis	4-8
Featherleaf Rodgersia	Rodgersia pinnata	3-7
Horsetails	Equisetum spp.	3-11
Hostas	Hosta spp.	3-9
Lady’s mantle	Alchemilla mollis	4-7
Marsh fern	Thelypteris palustris	5-8

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Common Name	Botanical Name	Zones
Meadow anemone	Anemone canadensis	3-7
Pink tickseed	Coreopsis rosea	4-8
Primroses	Primula spp.	4-8
Sedges	Carex spp.	5-9
Siberian bugloss	Brunnera macrophylla	3-7
Sweet Flat	Acorus gramineus	10-11
Sweet Woodruff	Galium odoratum	5-8

Also of interest:

Groundcovers in Garden Design

Groundcovers for Shade