Perennials for Wet Areas
Plants marked with an * are more tolerant of very wet or periodically flooded conditions. When selecting plants using this list, remember that a number of factors determine the suitability of a plant for a
Groundcovers and Vines (Botanical Name – Common Name)
- Ajuga species – Carpet Bugle
- Aspidistra elatior – Cast Iron Plant
- Campsis radicans – Trumpet Creeper
- Convallaria majalis – Lily of the Valley
- Decumaria barbara – Wild Climbing Hydrangea
- Hydrangea anomola petiolaris – Climbing Hydrangea
- Liriope spicata – Liriope
- Lonicera sempervirens – Trumpet Honeysuckle
- Wisteria frutescens – American Wisteria
Ferns (Botanical Name – Common Name)
- Athyrium filix-femina – Lady Fern
- Athyrium nipponicum – Painted Fern
- Cyrtomium falcatum – Holly Fern
- Dryopteris erythrosora – Autumn Fern
- Dryopteris filix-mas – Male Fern
- Matteuccia pennsylvanica – Ostrich Fern
- Onoclea sensibilis – Sensitive Fern
- Osmunda cinnamonea – Cinnamon Fern
- *Osmunda regalis – Royal Fern
- Thelypteris palustris – Marsh Fern
Ornamental Grasses (Botanical Name – Common Name)
- *Arundo donax – Giant Reed
- *Carex species – Sedges
- Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats
- Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem
- Sorghastrum nutans – Indian Grass
- Spartina pectinata – Cordgrass
Perennials and Bulbs (Botanical Name – Common Name)
- *Acorus calamus – Sweet Flag
- *Alocasia macrorrhiza – Giant Alocasia
- Arisaema triphyllum – Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- *Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
- Aspidistra elatior – Cast Iron Plant
- Aster novae-angliae – New England Aster
- Astilbe x arendsii – Astilbe
- *Canna species – Canna
- Chelone species – Turtlehead
- Cimicifuga species – Bugbane
- *Colocasia esculenta – Elephants Ear
- Convallaria majalis – Lily Of The Valley
- *Crinum americanum – Swamp Lily
- Crinum species – Crinum
- Eupatorium purpureum – Joe-Pye Weed
- *Filipendula species – Meadow Sweet
- Galium odoratum – Sweet Woodruff
- Hedychium species – Ginger Lily
- Hemerocallis hybrids and species – Daylily
- *Hibiscus coccineus – Scarlet Swamp Hibiscus
- Hibiscus species – Rose Mallow
- Houttuynia cordata – Houttuynia
- *Hymenocallis – Spider Lily
- *Iris ensata – Japanese Iris
- *Iris hybrids – Louisiana Iris
- *Iris laevigata – Rabbitear Iris
- *Iris pseudacorus – Yellow Flag
- Iris sibirica – Siberian Iris
- *Iris virginica – Southern Blue Flag
- *Leucojum aestivum – Summer Snowflake
- Ligularia species – Ligularia
- *Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
- *Lobelia siphilitica – Blue Cardinal Flower
- *Lysimachia clethroides – Gooseneck Loosestrife
- *Lysimachia punctata – Yellow Loosestrife
- Malvaviscus arboreus – Turks Cap
- Mentha species – Mints
- Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebell
- Monarda species – Bee Balm
- Myosotis scorpioides – Forget-Me-Not
- Physostegia virginiana – Obedient Plant
- *Rhexia virginica – Meadow Beauty
- Smilacina racemosa – False Solomon’s Seal
- Tiarella cordifolia – Foam Flower
- Tradescantia virginiana – Spiderwort
- Tricyrtis formosana – Toad Lily
- Vernonia noveboracensis – Ironweed
- *Zantedeschia aethopica – Calla Lily
- Zephyranthes atamasca – Atamasco Lily
Source: Karen Russ, Clemson University. (New 11/04.)