Wet Plants
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Acer rubrum Redpointe® PP16769
Leathery dark green foliage, insignificant blooms in spring. Strong central leaded and vivid red early fall color.
H: 45 Feet · S: 30 Feet · Zone: 4
Acorus americanus
Prehistoric, hydrophilic species of ancient monocot with strappy medium green foliage that emits a pleasant aroma when crushed. Spadix-like structures lacking spathes emerge between June and July. Great for bioremediation and restoration projects where soils are regularly moist or over-saturated. Deer resistant.
H: 30 Inches · S: 30 Inches · Zone: 3
Acorus gramineus 'Minimus Aureus'
Dwarf Golden Sweet Flag is a wonderful plant for walkways as well as rain gardens and stream edges, because it is tolerant of foot traffic as well as significant moisture. The evergreen foliage is like tiny thick bladed grass tufts and when crushed, it releases an attractive sweet scent. The tufts slowly expand to make a short yellowish green mat. Although it looks like a grass, Acorus gramineus 'Minimus Aureus' is actually more closely related to the Iris family.
H: 4 Inches · S: 8 Inches · Zone: 5
Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
'Ogon' Sweet Flag has bright yellow stiffly upright leaves that are a vivid addition to a wet site in the shade. The clumps of Acorus 'Ogon' get larger with age. This Sweet Flag is evergreen so it provides great winter interest. Introduced into the US by Barry Yinger. Per Diane Guidone formerly of Rumson, NJ, Acorus withstood salt inundation in the recent hurricanes really well.
H: 16 Inches · S: 12 Inches · Zone: 5
Adiantum pedatum
Five Finger Maidenhair Fern is a lovely woodland native, thriving in moist humus rich soils. Preferring cool summer temperatures, Adiantum pedatum is hardy all the way to zone 2. The bright green airy fronds are made more attractive by the shiny wiry black stems. Since Maidenhair Fern spreads by rhizomes on the surface of moist soils, it can eventually form an excellent woodland groundcover. This fern will not perform well in full sun or hot summer sites.
H: 18 Inches · S: 18 Inches · Zone: 2
Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Robin Hill'
Clusters of pink buds open to pinkish white flowers over clean oval green leaves in early spring. Purplish blue fruit in June is edible by both people and birds. Good fall color.
H: 20 Feet · S: 15 Feet · Zone: 4
Amorpha fruticosa
Fast growing and adaptable native shrub that suits a wide variety of site conditions. Suckers to create a dense thicket. Candle-like racemes of bluish-purple flowers bloom from May to June and are attractive to bees and butterflies. Soft grey-green pinnately compound foliage has a velvety texture on the undersides, making it unattractive to deer. Fantastic larval host for butterflies. Pollination source for specialist bees. Dry and wet soil tolerant.
H: 12 Feet · S: 10 Feet · Zone: 4
Andropogon glomeratus
Warm season grass with silvery pink, fluffy, brush-like inflorescences and following seedheads starting in September and persisting through much of winter into February or March. Strappy blue-green leaf blades turn a nice bronzy-orange in autumn and remain colorful into the winter. Showy seedheads are good for dried or fresh arrangements. Prefers moist to wet soil conditions. Tolerant of black walnut and air pollution.
H: 60 Inches · S: 30 Inches · Zone: 5
Asclepias incarnata
Swamp Milkweed is a great addition to wet site gardens, with fragrant white-to-pink milkweed flowers appearing in July and August. The flat cymes are followed by interesting seed pods. Asclepias incarnata is an important Monarch butterfly food source, and it tolerates dry sites as well as wet conditions.
H: 36 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 3
Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'
Bright pink cymes on tall stalks of green leaves appear in July and August. Fragrant, wet site tolerant and deer resistant.
H: 40 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 3
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
White flat flower clumps are held above green lance shaped leaves in July and August. Wet site tolerant and an important food source for Monarch butterfly larvae.
H: 36 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 3
Aster laevis 'Bluebird'
'Bluebird' Smooth Aster has lots of showy bluish violet flowers in late summer and early fall over clean foliage. 'Bluebird' is a great introduction from the Mt. Cuba Center in Delaware. Ranked as the #1 Aster in an evaluation study at Mt. Cuba Center. Strong stems do not need staking (New name is Symphyotricum laeve).
H: 36 Inches · S: 36 Inches · Zone: 4
Baccharis halimifolia
Groundsel-bush is an excellent native shrub for salty or seashore sites. The leaves are shades of green to grayish green, and are often semi-evergreen. The crowning beauty is the late summer fruit production, which looks like masses of white froth on the tops of the multi-stem plants. Since it is tolerant of poor soils as well as salty soils, it makes an excellent plant for banks and dunes. Dioecious, so best planted in groups.
H: 8 Feet · S: 10 Feet · Zone: 5
Boltonia asteroides
Profusely blooming native perennial with a preference for moist and wet sites. White, sometimes violet or pink, daisy-like flowers bloom from August to frost above narrow, grey-green leaves and stems. Attractive to many different pollinating insects and songbirds. Deer resistant. Tolerant of occasional flood conditions.
H: 60 Inches · S: 48 Inches · Zone: 3
Calamagrostis canadensis
Canada Bluejoint is our native Feather Reed Grass, and unusual for tall grasses in that it is happiest in moist to wet soils. The tall green stems are topped by airy seedheads which turn from shades of blue and purple in early summer to attractive tans in fall and winter. Calamagrostis canadensisis is less consistently upright than 'Karl Foerster', but it spreads by rhyzomes to make a large, resilient clump. It is great for bogs, stream sides, wet site stabilization and moist woods edges. A multitude of wildlife feed on the foliage and seeds.
H: 48 Inches · S: 48 Inches · Zone: 3
Caltha palustris
Sunny yellow five-petaled flowers appear in early spring from early April to June, standing 2’ high over semi-glossy, heart-shaped, deep green foliage. Spreads easily by rhizome and by seed. Wonderful for early pollinators. Tolerant of wet and boggy soils. Deer and rabbit resistant.
H: 12 Inches · S: 12 Inches · Zone: 3
Carex grayi
Gray's Sedge is a tall Carex which thrives in wet and shady locations. The light green semi-evergreen foliage grows 2', and is topped by 3' flower stems. The blooms rapidly turn to fascinating 1" spiky stars which are attractive in flower arrangements, fresh or dried. Carex grayi thrives in moist to wet conditions, so it naturally occurs along stream banks and edges of ponds. It is a striking addition to rain gardens and bioswales, and tolerates full sun if kept moist.
H: 36 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 5
Carex socialis
Long flowy thread-like green leaves are semi-evergreen in woodland settings. A good choice for rain gardens, erosion control and shade lawn substitutes.
H: 18 Inches · S: 18 Inches · Zone: 5
Carex vulpinoidea
A finely textured, wet-soil-tolerant native sedge perfect for creating a rapidly spreading groundcover matrix in the landscape. Great for streams, ponds, bioremediation projects, and naturalized wetlands.
H: 36 Inches · S: 36 Inches · Zone: 3