Perennials For Damp Soil

Upright narrower perennial with smaller compound leaves, purple-red stems and clusters of cream white flowers. This meadow rue grows in female and male individuals (with female or male flowers). Male flowers are usually bigger and more showy, making a...

If there is a true perennial classic, it has to be Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm‘. This striking cultivar has been popular in horticulture since its introduction in 1949, and its popularity was crowned by the Award of Garden Merit by Royal...

Quite common perennial plant in the wild, but not so common in our yards. Forms nice bushy clumps of green leaves with thin flowering stalks above the leaves. Flowers are small, green-white, and generally insignificant. The reason why this native...

Truly the star spring perennial! Big four-petal yellow flowers (1-2" in diameter) and hairy gray-green lobated leaves, what a great combo! This wildflower blooms alongside Polemonium reptans and Mertensia virginica, which creates a marvelous blue-yellow...

Highly attractive and architectural perennial with decorative green leaves and long spikes of fragrant white flowers. Effective in woodland gardens, shaded flower beds, cottage gardens and naturalized areas. Best if planted in groups and in front of a...

Well-known spring flowering perennial with nice mounding habit, delicate fern-like divided leaves and blue bell-shaped flowers. Spreads slowly by short rhizomes, more often it will reproduce by seed. Great pollinator plant, effective ground covering,...

This ground covering perennial might be common along the river banks, but it is not very common in our gardens, which is a pity. It's not the most showy, but it’s still a wonderful wildflower to have in your collection. Clusters of tiny...

More upright cultivar of native wildflower with larger purplish flowers, ornamental dissected leaves and reblooming in late summer. Very adaptable workhorse, that can be tucked into any sunny or half shade flower bed. Fast growing and somewhat...

Also called Bride's Feather, this is a quite robust, bushy-looking woodland perennial. It has compound green leaves and cream-white plumes that remind one of Astilbe or Spirea (it's relatives with Spirea). The plants can be male or female; males have...