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)
Soldanella montana
Mountain tassel
Soleirolia soleirolii
Friendship plant, Baby's tears, Mind your own business, Pollyanna vine, Irish moss, Curse of Corsica
Solenostemon 'Crimson Velvet'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon 'Kiwi Fern'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon 'Muriel Pedley'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon 'Paisley Shawl'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon 'Red Dwarf'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon 'Wisley Promise'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Crimson Ruffles'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Pineapple Beauty'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Pineapplette'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Royal Scot'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Walter Turner'
Painted nettle
Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Wisley Tapestry'
Painted nettle
Sorbus
Rowan
Sorbus 'Chinese Lace'
Rowan
Sorbus 'Ethel's Gold'
Rowan
Sorbus 'Ghose'
Rowan
Sorbus 'Joseph Rock'
Rocks rowan
Sorbus 'Leonard Messel'
Rowan
Sorbus 'Lombarts Golden Wonder'
Lombart's rowan
Sorbus 'Rose Queen'
Rowan
Sorbus 'Sunshine'
Rowan
Sorbus 'Winter Cheer'
Rowan
Sorbus alnifolia
Korean mountain ash, Alder leaved rowan, Zahlbruckner whitebeam, Rowan
Sorbus aria
Whitebeam
Sorbus aria
Whitebeam
Sorbus aria 'Chrysophylla'
Golden whitebeam, Whitebeam
Sorbus aria 'Lutescens'
Whitebeam
Sorbus aria 'Majestica'
Whitebeam
Sorbus aucuparia
Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia
Mountain ash, Quicken wicken, Common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia 'Aspleniifolia'
Cut leaf mountain ash, Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia 'Beissneri'
Orange stemmed mountain ash, Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia 'Hilling's Spire'
Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia Cardinal Royal = 'Michred'
Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia var. xanthocarpa
Yellow berried mountain ash, Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus cashmeriana
Kashmir rowan, Cashmere rowan
Sorbus commixta
Japanese rowan, Chinese scarlet rowan
Sorbus commixta
Japanese rowan, Chinese Scarlet rowan
Sorbus commixta 'Embley'
Chinese scarlet rowan, Japanese rowan, Chinese scarlet rowan
Sorbus commixta 'Serotina'
Japanese rowan, Chinese scarlet rowan
Sorbus discolor
Hupeh rowan
Sorbus hybrida 'Gibbsii'
Hybrid mountain ash
Sorbus intermedia
Swedish whitebeam
Sorbus koehneana C. K. Schneid
Koehn's sorbus
Sorbus microphylla
Small leaved rowan
Sorbus pseudohupehensis 'Pink Pagoda'
Hupeh rowan