Creating gardens in areas with wet soil can be a challenge. Often, wet areas are under wetland restrictions concerning changes in the grade or soils of the existing landscape. The following list of trees, shrubs and flowers are tolerant of wet soils.
Trees
Acer rubrum – Red Maple
Amelanchier spp. – Serviceberry
Betula nigra – River Birch
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis – Weeping Alaskan Cedar
Chamaecyparis pisifera – Swara False Cypress
Chamaecyparis thyoides – Atlantic White Cedar
Fraxinus pennsylvanica – Green Ash
Gleditsia thiacanthos inermis cvs. – Thornless Honeylocust
Liquidambar styraciflua – Sweetgum
Metasequoisa glyptostroboides – Dawn Redwood
Nyssa sylvatica – Tupelo
Quercus palustris – Pin Oak
Salix spp. – Willow
Ulmus Americanus – American Elm
Shrubs
Alnus rugosa – Speckled alder
Andromeda polifolia – Bog Rosemary
Arinoa arbutifolia ‘Brilliantissima’ – Chokeberry
Azalea vaseyi – Pinkshell Azalea
Azalea viscoum – Swamp Azalea
Clethra alnifolia – Summerwseet
Cornus alba – Tatarian Dogwood
Cornus amomum – silky dogwood
Cornus racemes – Gray dogwood
Cornus sericea – Redtwig Dogwood
Hammemelis Spp. – Witchhazel
Ilex glabra – Inkberry
Ilex verticillata – Winterberry
Itea virginica – Virginia Sweetspire
Lindera benzoin – Spicebush
Magnolia virginiana – Sweetbay Magnolia
Myrica pensylvanica – Bayberry
Rhododendron canadense – Rhodora
Thuja occidentalis – American Arborvitae
Vaccinium corymbosum – Highbush Blueberry
Viburnum dentatum – Arrowwood Viburnum
Vivurnum trilobum – American Cranberrybush
Perennials
Astilbe – Astilbe
Brunnera – Siberian Bugloss
Chelone – Turtlehead
Cimicifuga – Snakeroot
Corydalis – Corydalis
Dicentra – Bleeding Heart
Digitalis – Foxglove
Epimedium -Barrenwort
Ferns
Helleborus – Hellebore
Hemerocallis – Daylily
Heuchera – Coral Bells
Hosta – Plantain Lily
Iris kaempferi – Japanese Iris
Iris siberica – Siberian Iris
Ligularia – Golden Ray
Lobelia – Cardinal Flower
Monarda – Beebalm
Pulmonaria – Lungwort
Tiarella – Foam Flower
Trillium – Trillium
Trollius – Trollius
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