Perennials For Damp Soil

Not very common native wildflower and very interesting perennial. Large palmated leaves (up to 10", the biggest leaves are at the base), one single upright stem with small white and fragrant flowers...

Vigorous, sturdy and upright cultivar with pure red flowers (10" in diameter). Older, but very popular variety, one of the first widely cultivated cultivars, introduced by Robert Darby around year...

Wild form of tall phlox, for better support of pollinators and wildlife and naturalization. Smaller flowers of pink tones attract butterflies, hummingbirds and other pol

Popular and truly excellent ornamental grass with wonderful vertical structure and very long ornamental value from May to February. Adaptable, drought tolerant and tough. First grass that received...

Older cultivar, but very reliable, strictly upright, vigorous and hardy with excellent deep purple flowers in May. Morgan Award winner (1953).

Lovely goldenrod with different look - narrow grassy leaves and flat inflorescenses. True pollinator magnet! Usually around 3' tall x 1-2' wide (2' in dry soil, 4" tall in moist soil. F

Native wildflower to central and eastern USA and Canada with good ecological value. 3' tall, 1.5' wide, pink or purple flowers show up in June, July and August.

Probably the best tall Joe Pye Weed for the garden conditions - it tolerates summer heat and droughts much better than other Eupatorium and stays in good shape for the whole season (except extreme...

One of the most beautiful native sedges, with unique 1" wide, freshly green leaves. Top performer for shade in

Superb plant, even short-lived and re-seeding perennial or biennial. This plant was honored with All-America Selection winner in 2003 and a Gold Medal winner at the 2003 Fleuroselect trials in...

Excellent selection of early summer flowering phlox, that doesn't suffer with any leaf diseases.Highly recommended by Chicago Botanic Garden’s Plant Evaluation Program and also one of the winners of

Deciduous fern, native to all states of USA, Canada (and also Europe and Asia). Usually 2'-3' tall and 2' wide, finely divided, lacy-cut fresh green leaves, with reddish central petioles. The leaves...

A robust perennial sunflower, native to most of the states in the eastern part of USA and Canada.  Late flowering perennial - July to September, flowers continuously for up to two months.  Usually 8'...

Robust prairie perennial, with compound leaves (up to 2’) that stay at the base and long un-brached stems with fluffed heads of pink flowers.  This plant is suitable for medium to bigger...

Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' is one of the top performers in Mt. Cuba's Baptisia trials and here is why : - 150 inflorescenses on mature clump, flowers in late May for 3 weeks

Monarda - Beebalm 'Raspberry Wine' is clump-forming perennial with purplish-red flowers. Tall cultivar and also the 5th best one for hummingbirds. This nativar doesn't suffer from powdery mildew and...

Non-native perennial with strictly upright habit, dark green leaves and long spikes of blue flowers. 28"-30" tall x 18"-20" wide, tight dense clumps, flowers in early summer to mid summer.

Very tall native prairie perennial, easily reaching 7' tall x 2' wide. Late bloomer (July to September), narrow upright growth, but it can easily self seed and spread to form colonies up to 8' wide...