Damp and wet gardens
If your soil is damp most of the time, very wet occasionally or prone to flooding, this selection of plants is ideal for your garden. You may have one particular corner which is damp or if you live in an area with heavy rainfall or poor drainage it might be the whole garden.
Climbers (damp)
215 plants
Containers and pots (damp)
386 plants
Feature plants (damp)
20 plants
Ferns, grasses, hostas and other foliage plants (damp)
244 plants
Flood resilient plants
258 plants
Flowers every year (damp)
834 plants
Ground cover plants (damp)
151 plants
Large trees, 10m+ (damp)
65 plants
Plants for shade (damp)
386 plants
Roses (damp)
130 plants
Structural, trees, hedging and shrubs (damp)
378 plants
All plants (1907)
Aconitum 'Bressingham Spire'
Monkshood, Aconite
Aconitum x cammarum 'Bicolor'
White-blue monkshood, Hybrid monkshood
Acorus gramineus
Dwarf sweetflag, Grassy sweetflag
Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
Dwarf sweetflag, Grassy sweetflag
Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus'
Dwarf sweetflag, Grassy sweetflag
Actaea simplex 'Brunette'
Autumn snakeroot, Kamchatka bugbane, Simple stemmed bugbane
Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate'
White snakeroot, Mist flower, Sanicle, Richweed, Snakeroot, Floss flower
Ajuga reptans 'Evening Glow'
Common bugle, Carpet bugle, Sicklewort, Carpenter's herb
Ajuga reptans Black Scallop = 'Binblasca'
Common bugle, Carpet bugle, Sicklewort, Carpenter's herb
Amelanchier alnifolia 'Obelisk'
Alder leaved serviceberry
Amelanchier lamarckii
Snowy mespilus, Shadblow
Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Robin Hill'
Apple serviceberry
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Splendens'
Japanese anemone, Chinese anemone
Anemone x hybrida 'September Charm'
Japanese anemone, Hybrid anemone
Aster lateriflorus 'Prince'
Calico aster, Starved aster, Farewell summer
Aster novae-angliae
New England aster, Michaelmas aster
Astilbe 'Cappucino'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Fanal'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Irrlicht'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Montgomery'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Snowdrift'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Sprite'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe chinensis 'Visions'
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe x rosea 'Peach Blossom'
Rose astilbe
Astrantia 'Roma'
Masterwort
Bergenia 'Abendglut'
Pigsqueak, Megasea
Bergenia 'Baby Doll'
Pigsqueak, Megasea
Bergenia 'Bressingham White'
Pigsqueak, Megasea
Brunnera macrophylla
Siberian bugloss, Greater forget-me-not, Heartleaf brunnera, Dwarf anchusa
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'
Siberian bugloss, Greater forget-me-not, Heartleaf brunnera, Dwarf anchusa
Brunnera macrophylla 'Looking Glass'
Siberian bugloss, Greater forget-me-not, Heartleaf brunnera, Dwarf anchusa
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Feather reed grass
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam'
Feather reed grass
Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii 'Profusion'
Bodinier beautyberry
Caltha palustris 'Flore Pleno'
Marsh marigold, Mayflower, Molly blobs, Water cowslip
Carex 'Feather Falls'
Variegated Japanese sedge
Carex brunnea 'Jenneke'
Greater brown sedge
Carex buchananii
Leatherleaf sedge grass, Fox red sedge
Carex comans
New Zealand hairy sedge, Hair sedge, Green wig
Carex comans 'Frosted Curls'
Frosted curls hair sedge, New Zealand hairy sedge, Hair sedge, Green wig
Carex elata 'Aurea'
Bowles's golden sedge, Tufted sedge, Stiff sedge, European tussock sedge
Carex Milk Chocolate = 'Milchoc'
Milk chocolate hair sedge
Carex morrowii
Japanese Morrow's sedge, Kan suge
Carex morrowii 'Fishers Form'
Japanese sedge, Morrows sedge, Kan suge
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Evergold Japanese sedge, Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Carex oshimensis 'Everillo'
Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Carex testacea
Orange New Zealand sedge
Carex testacea 'Prairie Fire'
Orange New Zealand sedge