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)
Epimedium x perralchicum
Hybrid epimedium
Epimedium x rubrum
Red barrenwort, Red epimedium
Epimedium x versicolor
Garden hybrid epimedium, Bicolor barrenwort
Epimedium x versicolor 'Neosulphureum'
Garden hybrid epimedium, Bicolor barrenwort
Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum'
Garden hybrid epimedium, Bicolor barrenwort
Epimedium x warleyense
Garden hybrid epimedium
Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum'
Garden hybrid epimedium, Young's barrenwort
Equisetum fluviatile
Water horsetail
Equisetum hyemale
Rough horsetail, Dutch rush, Scouring rush
Equisetum japonicum
Barred horsetail
Equisetum scirpoides
Dwarf scouring rush
Eranthis hyemalis
Winter aconite
Eranthis hyemalis 'Guinea Gold'
Winter aconite
Eranthis hyemalis Cilicica Group
Winter aconite, Cilicicia winter aconite
Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum Group
Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium purpureum
Trumpet weed, Sweet Joe Pye weed, Gravel weed, Gravelroot, Purple boneset, Queen of the meadow
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Wood spurge
Euphorbia griffithii
Red spurge, Griffith's spurge
Euphorbia griffithii 'Dixter'
Red spurge, Griffith's spurge
Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow'
Red spurge, Griffith's spurge
Euphorbia sikkimensis
Sikkim spurge
Fargesia murielae 'Bimbo'
Umbrella bamboo, Muriel bamboo
Fargesia murielae 'Simba'
Umbrella bamboo, Muriel bamboo
Fargesia nitida
Blue fountain bamboo
Ficaria verna
Lesser celandine, Pilewort
Ficaria verna 'Brazen Hussy'
Lesser celandine, Pilewort
Ficaria verna 'Collarette'
Lesser celandine, Pilewort
Ficaria verna aurantiaca Group
Lesser celandine, Pilewort
Forsythia 'Beatrix Farrand'
Golden bell
Forsythia 'Golden Nugget'
Golden bell
Forsythia europaea
European forsythia, Golden bell
Forsythia suspensa
Weeping forsythia, Weeping golden bell
Forsythia x intermedia 'Karl Sax'
Golden bell, Border forsythia
Galanthus 'S. Arnott'
Common snowdrop, Foolish maids, Fair maids of February
Galanthus nivalis
Common snowdrop, Foolish maids, Fair maids of February
Galax urceolata
Wandflower, Wandplant, Beetleweed, Galaxy, Colts foot
Galium
Bedstraw
Galium odoratum
Sweet woodruff, Woodruff, Bedstraw
Gaultheria mucronata 'Bell's Seedling'
Bell's prickly heath
Gaultheria mucronata 'Indian Lake'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Prickly heath
Gaultheria mucronata 'Lilian'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Prickly heath
Gaultheria mucronata 'Mulberry Wine'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Prickly heath
Gaultheria mucronata 'Pink Pearl'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Prickly heath
Gaultheria shallon
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Salal, Shallon
Gaultheria x wisleyensis 'Pink Pixie'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Wisley wintergreen
Gentiana asclepiadea
Willow gentian, Swallow wort
Geranium maculatum
American cranesbill, Wild cranesbill, Spotted cranesbill
Geranium maculatum 'Espresso'
American cranesbill, Wild cranesbill, Spotted cranesbill