Question:
Which perennials grow well in wet soils?Answer:
When selecting perennials, it’s important to choose plants that are suitable for the planting site. Perennials that grow well in moist to wet soils include,
- sweet flag (Acorus calamus)
- black snakeroot (Actaea racemosa)+
- Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)+
- goat’s beard (Aruncus dioicus)+
- astilbe, false spirea (Astilbe × arendsii)
- swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)+
- heartleaf brunnera, Siberian bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla)
- turtlehead (Chelone species)+
- showy lady slipper orchid (Cypripedium reginae)+
- shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia)+
- Joe-pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum)+
- queen-of-the-prairie (Filipendula rubra)+
- dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris)
- rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)*
- Japanese iris (Iris ensata)
- yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus)
- Siberian iris (Iris sibirica)
- bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis syn. Dicentra spectabilis)
- leopard plant (Ligularia spp.)
- cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)+
- obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)+
- Jacob's ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
- meadow rue (Thalictrum spp.)**
- spiderwort (Tradescantia spp)**
- fern (various species)**
* Native to parts of North America
** Some species native to parts of North America
+ Native to North America, including parts of Iowa
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Last updated on
August 8, 2023