Perennials For Damp Soil

Early blooming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass with tidy clumps, that meets in bloom with spring bulbs. 12-16" tall and wide (20" tall with flowers), starts sprouting green, but soon gray-bluish...

Groucovering evergreen/semi-evergreen grass with bi-colored leaves early blooming season (cool season grass). The smallest of Sesleria (in horticulture). 0.5-1' tall x 0.7-1' wide clumps. The upper...

Taller late flowering perennial with transparent look. Grows to 5-6' tall x 2-3' wide, clumps of basal leaves and tall flowering

Superior native, nearly unknown in horticulture, underutilized perennial with late summer blooming and good deer and rabbit resistance! But is already recognized by the best garden designers and can...

Seed strain with yellow, golden, orange, red and dark red flowers. Variable. 8-10" tall, rosettes of fresh green leaves, clusters of flowers March/April to early May.

Vegetative-propagated cultivar with bronze-tinted leaves, pink flowers and red fall color. Intrinsic Perennial Gardens (Hebron, Illin

Groundcovering native wildflower for half shade or shade garden. Adaptable. 2' tall with flowers, rather large fresh green 6" tall leaves, spreads by rhizomes and groundcovers soil. In optimum...

'Floristan Violet' is a purple-flowering cultivar of dense blazing star, shorter and bit more compact than the species. More suitable for common garden conditions. Easy and showy. 3' tall x 0.75'...

White flowering form of native shade-loving Iris, reminds of miniature bearded Iris with 2-3" blooms on about 4" tall stems.  Flowers in April/May for relatively short time of 1 to 2 weeks, but the...

Hybrid coral bells with bronze-peachy-pink leaves and silver markings. The foliage color is the most intense in the spring, then it fades to lighter greenish-bronze. Maybe a bit less showy than...

'Banana Daiquiri' is avens cultivars with ruffled light lemon-yellow flowers. Fair cultivar in

'Totally Tangerine' = the tallest! avens hybrid with yellow-peachy orange flowers, up-facing sterile flowers on 30" tall stems. Excellent cultivar in

Shorter an earlier blooming burnet, that is native to state Washington, Alaska and British Columbia. 30-36" tall x 18" wide clumps. Oval maroon flower heads in June/July (in hotter climates earlier...

Selection from famous landscape architect and plantsman Piet Oudolf with pure white flowers in early spring. 12-15" tall x 12" wide clumps of partially evergreen leaves, saucer shaped fragrant white...

Superior selection with nearly black sprouts in early spring, very dark stems for the whole season, bluish flowers in early spring (for 4-6 weeks), and yellow foliage color in the fall (the more sun,...

Compact cultivar with dense ground covering growth, golden leaves, spikes of red flowers in late summer. Usually 2.5' tall x 1.5-2' wide clumps, that slowly spread wide to groundcovering mounds...

'Heavy Metal' is upright cultivar of native switch grass, with metallic blue leaves, pinkish flowers in July and August (persist till winter) and yellow fall color (fades to tan-beige). 5' tall x 2'...

Shorter and more compact version of spiked blazing star, suitable for smaller or medium-sized gardens. Doesn't need staking. This is seed strain, so somewhat variable in look. Usually 2'+ tall x 0...