The Right Plant in the Right Location

Perennials That Love Wet Conditions

This list is inclusive, not all-inclusive

 

Early Season  

Caltha

Marsh Marigold

Dicentra

Bleeding Heart

Matteucia

Ostrich Fern

Mertensia

Virginia Bluebell

Osmunda cinnamonea

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda regalis

Royal Fern

Trillium

Various

Trollius

Globeflower

   
Mid Season  
Astilbe False Spirea
Filipendula Meadowsweet

Iris versicolor

Blue Flag Iris

Ligularia

No Common Name
   

Late Season

 

Actaea

Snakeroot

Eupatorium

Joe Pye Weed
Helenium Sneezeweed
Hibiscus No Common Name
Lobelia Cardinal Flower
Monarda Beebalm
   

Perennials That Love Hot, Dry Conditions

 
 

Early Season

 
Amsonia No Common Name
Arabis Rockcress
Arctostaphylos Bearberry
Aurinia Basket-of-Gold
Iberis Candytuft
Phlox subulata Moss Phlox
   
Mid Season  
Achillea Yarrow
Artemisia Various
Baptisia False Indigo
Coreopsis Tickseed
Gaillardia Blanket Flower
Gypsophila Babies’ Breath
Hemerocallis Daylily
Liatris Gayfeather
Nepeta Catmint
Salvia Sage
Stachys Lamb’s Ear
Thymus Thyme
   
Late Season  
Panicum Swirch Grass
Pennisetum Fountain Grass
Miscanthus Various
Rudbeckia Black-eyed Susan
Sedum Stonecrop
   
Perennials That Tolerate Salty Conditions  

 

Achillea

Yarrow

Arctostaphylos

Bearberry

Armeria

Sea Thrift
Artemisia Various
Asclepias Butterflyweed
Aster Various
Calamagrostis Feather Reed Grass
Campanula Bellflower
Dianthus Pinks
Digitalis Foxglove
Elymus Blue Lyme Grass
Eryngium Sea Holly
Festuca No Common Name
Gypsophila Babies Breath
Helleborus Various
Hemerocallis Daylily
Heuchera Coral Bells
Iberis Candytuft

Iris germanica

Tall Bearded Iris
Miscanthus Various Common Names
Oenothera Sundrops
Paeonia Peony
Panicum Switch Grass
Pennisetum Fountain Grass

Perovskia

Russian Sage

Phlox

Various

Sedum

Stonecrop

Solidago

Goldenrod