Episode 47: Plants for Wet Areas

Got a soggy spot? Well, we’ve got some options to make the most of it

Mucky , doughy , squishy when it rain — all of these name the idealistic conditions for the plants we talk about on this installment . Not everyone has a pond border to deal with , but many of us have a spot that remain wet after a rainfall or just never seems to drain properly . This can have in mind instant death for many plants that choose well - drained dirt , but not for these perennial and tree that rob up that moisture with zest . Steve even discusses a plant life that most suppose of as a full - sun plant life that prefers well - run out soil but that , it turns out , thrives in surface-active agent areas . Not everyone has a doughy berth , but almost everyone has a downspout — and now you ’ll know the everlasting plant to put under it !

Expert testimonial : Kelly Norris director of horticulture and education at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden in Iowa .

Weeping bald cypress

Bald cypress knees

Giant rhubarb (with friend ofFine GardeningCherry Ong for scale)

‘Moerheim Beauty’ sneezeweed

May-apple

‘Baby Tut’ umbrella plant

Danielle ’s Plants

weep bald cypress tree ( Taxodium distichum‘Pendens ’ , Zones 4–9 )

‘ Little Cajun ’ cop iris ( Iris fulva‘Little Cajun ’ , zona 6–9 )

Giant rhubarb ( Gunnera manicata , Zones 7–10 )

‘ Baby Tut ’ umbrella plant ( Cyperus involucratus‘Baby Tut ’ , zone 8–11 )

Steve ’s Plants

mound plant ( Sarraceniaspp . and cvs . , Zones 3–9 )

‘ Britt Marie Crawford ’ genus Ligularia ( Ligularia‘Britt Marie Crawford ’ , Zones 4–8 )

May - Malus pumila ( Podophyllumspp . and cvs . , Zones 3–8 )

‘ Moerheim Beauty ’ sneezeweed ( Helenium autumnale‘Moerheim Beauty ’ , Zones 3–8 )

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