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)
Caltha palustris
Marsh marigold, Mayflower, Molly blobs, Water cowslip
Caltha palustris var. alba
Marsh marigold, Mayflower, Molly blobs, Water cowslip
Camassia cusickii
Cusick's camass
Camassia leichtlinii
Leichtlin's camass
Camassia leichtlinii 'Alba'
Leichtlin's camass
Camassia leichtlinii 'Maybelle'
Camassia leichtlinii subsp. suksdorfii
Leichtlin's suksdorfii camass
Camassia quamash 'Orion'
Common quamash
Cardamine pentaphylla
Five-leaved toothwort
Cardamine trifolia
Trifoliate bittercress, Threeleaf toothwort, Three leaf bittercress
Carex 'Amazon Mist'
Leatherleaf sedge
Carex 'Ice Dance'
Morrow's ice dancer
Carex 'Ribbon Falls'
Sedge
Carex 'Silver Sceptre'
Silver sedge
Carex arenaria
Sand sedge, Sedge
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster'
Leatherleaf sedge grass, Fox red sedge
Carex comans 'Taranaki'
Hair sedge
Carex comans - bronze-leaved
New Zealand hairy sedge, Hair sedge, Green wig
Carex conica 'Snowline'
Hime-Kan-Suge, Miniature sedge, Evergreen miniature sedge
Carex dipsacea
Teasel like sedge
Carex dipsacea 'Dark Horse'
Teasel-like sedge
Carex dolichostachya 'Kaga-nishiki'
Miyama kan suge
Carex flagellifera
Weeping brown New Zealand sedge
Carex grayi
Mace Gray's sedge, Morning star sedge
Carex montana
Mountain sedge
Carex morrowii 'Everglow'
Japanese Morrow's sedge, Kan suge
Carex morrowii 'Variegata'
Variegated Japanese sedge, Variegated Morrow's sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Palm leaf sedge, Palm sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Palm leaf sedge, Palm sedge
Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme'
Palm branch sedge
Carex muskingumensis 'Silberstreif'
Palm branch sedge
Carex oshimensis
Japanese sedge grass, Ohima kan suge
Carex oshimensis 'Everlime'
Japanese sedge grass, Ohima kan suge
Carex oshimensis 'Everoro'
Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Carex pendula
Weeping sedge, Great drooping sedge, Pendulous sedge
Carex pendula 'Moonraker'
Variegated weeping sedge
Carex phyllocephala 'Sparkler'
Japanese Palm sedge, Fuiri Tenjiku suge
Carex plantaginea
Plantain leaf sedge, Broad leafed sedge, Evergreen broadleaf sedge
Carex riparia 'Variegata'
Variegated greater pond sedge, Greater Pond sedge
Carex secta
Divided sedge
Carex siderosticha 'Variegata'
Deciduous broad leaved sedge, Creeping broadleaf sedge, Tagane so
Carex tenuiculmis
Slender culmed sedge
Carex testacea
Orange New Zealand sedge
Carex testacea Limeshine = 'Wilshine'
Orange New Zealand sedge
Carex trifida
Three cleft sedge
Carex trifida 'Chatham Blue'
Blue three cleft sedge
Chelidonium majus
Greater celandine, Swallow wort, Celandine poppy
Chelone glabra
Smooth turtlehead, Snakehead