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)
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'
Tussock grass, Hair grass, Tufted hair grass
Deschampsia flexuosa
Wavy hair grass, Crinkled hair grass, Common hair grass
Desfontainia spinosa
Desfontaines shrub, Spiny desfontainia, Scarlet flowered holly
Dichroa versicolor
Vari-coloured dichroa, Two-toned vari-coloured hydrangea
Dieffenbachia seguine
Spotted dumb cane
Digitalis purpurea
Common purple foxglove, Fairy thimbles, Dead men's bells, Lady's glove, Witches' gloves
Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream'
Common purple foxglove, Fairy thimbles
Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Lavender'
Common purple foxglove, Fairy thimbles
Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Rose'
Common purple foxglove, Fairy thimbles
Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Creme'
Common purple foxglove, Fairy thimbles
Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'
Common purple foxglove, Fairy thimbles
Disporopsis pernyi
Evergreen Solomon's seal
Distylium racemosum
Isu tree
Dodecatheon dendatum
Shooting star, American cowslip
Dodecatheon meadia
Shooting star, American cowslip, Pride of ohio
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Shooting star, American cowslip, Pretty shooting star
Doodia media
Common rasp fern
Dryopteris affinis
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata Angustata'
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern, King of the male fern, Crested golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata'
King of the male fern, Crested golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Polydactyla Dadds'
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Polydactyla Mapplebeck'
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Revolvens'
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis subsp. borreri
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris cycadina
Shaggy wood fern, Black wood fern, Shaggy shield fern
Dryopteris dilatata
Broad buckler fern, Florist's fern, Mountain wood fern, Broad wood fern
Dryopteris dilatata
Broad buckler fern, Florists fern, Mountain wood fern, Broad wood fern
Dryopteris dilatata 'Crispa Whiteside'
Broad buckler fern, Florist's fern, Mountain wood fern, Broad wood fern
Dryopteris erythrosora
Japanese shield fern, Copper shield fern, Autumn fern
Dryopteris erythrosora var. prolifica
Japanese shield fern, Copper shield fern, Lacy Autumn fern
Dryopteris filix-mas
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bear's paw
Dryopteris filix-mas
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bears paw
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Barnesii'
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bear's paw
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata'
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bear's paw
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla'
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bear's paw
Dryopteris goldieana
Goldie's shield fern, Goldie's wood fern, Giant wood fern
Dryopteris tokyoensis
Tokyo wood fern
Dryopteris wallichiana
Wallich's wood fern
Epimedium acuminatum
Barronwort, Bishop's hat, Fairy wings
Epimedium alpinum
Pink epimedium, Alpine barrenwort
Epimedium grandiflorum
Longspur barrenwort, Long spur bishop's cap
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Nanum'
Longspur barrenwort, Long spur bishop's cap
Epimedium grandiflorum f. violaceum
Longspur barrenwort, Long spur bishop's cap
Epimedium perralderianum
Algerian barrenwort, Perraudiere epimedium
Epimedium pinnatum
Persian epimedium
Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum
Persian epimedium
Epimedium sagittatum
Horny goat weed, Barrenwort