These Flowering Plants Are Able to Grow in Moist, Poorly Drained Soil.
Whether you’re gardening indoors or outdoors, it’s important to find a place for your plants with the right mix of sun, shade, and moisture where they can thrive, or at least not die immediately. And so, if some parts of your yard have problems with soil drainage, you might think that you won’t be able to grow any plants there, let alone flowering ones.
But according to agricultural experts at the University of New Hampshire and the University of Illinois , that’s not true. There are several varieties of flowering plants that can survive and even thrive in constantly moist soil. Here are a few to consider.
Black snake root – Cimicifuga racemosa
- Height: 2-5 feet
- Width: 3-4 feet
- Flower colors: white, pink
- Flowering time : from August to September
- Cultivars: Pink Spike, White Pearl, Brunet.
Cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
- Height: 2-3 feet
- Width: 18-24 inches
- flower color: red, blue
- Flowering time : from July to September
- Cultivars: Angel Song, Ruby Slippers, Arabella’s Vision.
Hardy hibiscus – Hibiscus sp.
- Height: 2-4 feet
- Width: 2-5 feet
- flower color: red, white, pink, bicolor
- Flowering time : from July to September
- Cultivars: Fireball, Copper King, Luna’ series, Lady Baltimore.
Curse of the Leopard – Doronicum orientale
- Height: 18-24 inches
- Width: 18-24 inches
- bloom: yellow
- Flowering time : from April to May
Meadow Rue – Thalictrum aquilegifolium
- Height: 3-5 feet
- Width: 18-24 inches
- flower color: lavender
- Flowering time : July to August
- Cultivars: Black Stocking, Hewitt’s Double, Evening Star.
Prairie Queen – Filipendula rubra
- Height: 18 inches – 6 feet
- Width: 3-4 feet
- flower colors: pink, white
- Flowering time : June to July
- Cultivars: Flore Plano, Aurea, Cahome.
Ligularia shell – Ligularia dentate
- Height: 3-4 feet
- Width: 2-3 feet
- flower color: yellow
- Flowering time : July to August
- Cultivars: Othello, Rocket, Osiris Cafe Noir.
Iris Siberian – Iris siberica
- Height: 2-3 feet
- Width: 2-3 feet
- flower color: lavender
- Flowering time : June
- Cultivars: Caesar’s Brother, Little White.
Cobweb – Tradescantia x andersoniana
- Height: 12-18 inches
- Width: 18-24 inches
- Flower colors: white, blue, purple
- Flowering time : June to July
- Cultivars: Snowcap, Sweet Kate, Concord Grape.