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)
Anthurium andraeanum
Anturio, Oil cloth flower
Anthurium andraeanum 'Princess Ariane'
Anturio, Oil cloth flower
Aquilegia Langdons Rainbow hybrids
Columbine, Granny's bonnet
Aristolochia macrophylla
Dutchman's Pipe, Pipe vine
Arum pictum
Autumn arum, Black calla, Black arum
Aruncus aethusifolius
Dwarf goat's beard, Korean goat's beard
Aruncus dioicus
Bride's feathers, Sylvan goat's beard
Aruncus dioicus 'Kneiffii'
Bride's feathers, Sylvan goat's beard
Astelia banksii
Wharawhara, Bank's astelia
Aster lateriflorus
Calico aster, Starved aster, Farewell summer
Aster lateriflorus var. horizontalis
Calico aster, Starved aster, Farewell summer
Aster novae-angliae 'Septemberrubin'
New England aster, Michaelmas aster
Astilbe 'Amethyst'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Anita Pfeifer'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Aphrodite'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Avalanche'
False goats beard
Astilbe 'Beauty of Ernst'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Brautschleier'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Bremen'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Bressingham Beauty' (x arendsii)
Garden astilbe, Arends astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Bronce Elegans'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Bumalda' (x arendsii)
Garden astilbe, Arends astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Carminea'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Cattleya'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Dark Side of the Moon'
False goatsbeard
Astilbe 'Delft Lace'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Deutschland'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Dunkelachs'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Etna'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Federsee' (x arendsii)
Garden astilbe, Arends astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Feuer'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Fireberry'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Glut'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Happy Day'
False goatsbeard
Astilbe 'Hyazinth'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Inshriach Pink'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Lachskonigin'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Mainz'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Perfect Day'
False goatsbeard
Astilbe 'Raspberry'
False goatsbeard
Astilbe 'Red Sentinel'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Rheinland'
False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Rosa Perle'
Garden astilbe, Arends astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Rotlicht'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Spinell'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Venus'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'W.E. Gladstone'
Garden astilbe, False spiraea
Astilbe 'Washington' (japonica hybrid)
Japanese astilbe