Perennials For Damp Soil

Beautiful hairy gray leaves and stems. This wildflower spreads quickly and aggressively via rhizomes, so it's more suitable for larger landscaping projects or naturalization. The rhizomes are right...

This wild perennial spreads quite aggressively by rhizomes and bears white flowers. All parts of the plant are poisonous to people, dogs, cats and livestock. This plant is actually very showy and...

Stoloniferous, ground-covering perennial with ornamental semi-evergreen gray leaves and unique, woolly, whitish flowers. It spreads wide to form mats, with budding stems that resemble the pads or...

Amsonia 'Blue Ice' is a superb, drought tolerant perennial from the dogbane family that's a shorter and more compact form of Bluestar. It has darker blue buds and flowers that bloom later and last...

Nodding onion belongs to the lily family and is known for its unique ball-shaped clusters of white-pink flowers and flat leaves. 

Wonderful cultivar that originated in the nature with no man-made hybridization, so it will satisfy the pure ecologist as well as keen gardeners. Upright perennial with yellow 2” wide pinwheel...

This new, superb variety is from the Earlibeauty® collection bred by Primrose Path Nursery. This hybrid is descended from several wild species of Phlox native to the Eastern USA; it performs well in...

This phlox is named after the landscape architect Robert Poore, who discovered it at an abandoned homestead in Mississippi decades ago. He shared it with Barbara Boys (Southern Perennials and Herbs)...

This fairly recent variety offers a nice blue flower color and better mildew resistance. The flowers open a deep blue and take on purplish shades during the midday heat, then regain their original...

How does one choose the right coral bells from the never-ending list of cultivars? It can be difficult, but some Heucheras are better than others, and this is an exceptional selection. ‘Bronze Wave’...

"Fairly large, dark bronze, deeply divided foliage. Dark veined, dusty pink flowers with heart-shaped petals eventually fade to white. Flowers for several weeks from May. Foliage has attractive...

Very long spires of flowers with fairly long blooming period. Blooms in the middle/later summer = after early Liatris spicata and before late bloomers Liatris (L. scariosa, L. ligulistylis, L...

Shrubby-looking biennial or short-lived perennial that reseeds regularly. Airy habitus with hundreds of small, deep gold flowers! Tolerant of heat, humidity, some drought and shade, and adaptable to...

Also called cabbage-leaved coneflower due to its big, waxy gray leaves. Beautiful architectural plant that forms strictly upright clumps and is highly ornamental with its steel blue leaves, excellent...

Another superb perennial and front-runner at the Mt. Cuba Mid-Atlantic Region Coreopsis Trials of 2015. Very late fall bloomer, compact dense clumps, tidy habitus, yellow flowers with nearly black...

Reliable native groundcover with star-shaped yellow flowers and shiny deep green leaves. This perennial forms a low growing mat that spreads quickly by above-ground rhizomes (but can be easily...

White-blooming form with shorter stems reaching 4 feet. An easy-to-grow architectural perennial with sturdy upright habitus, nice dark green leaves and spikes of white flowers. It performs best

Also known as "Pink hair grass," this very showy fall grass forms regular mounds of fine leaves topped by airy pink to pink-red seed heads at the end of the season. This native grass has some great...