Perennials For Damp Soil

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...

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...

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...

New England Aster 'Purple Dome' is short and compact cultivar with dark-purple flowers, reaching only 18-24" of height and up to 3' of width.

Compact and shorter version of the rough goldenrod. Surprisingly drought tolerant too. Solidago 'Fireworks' is perfectly named for its flowering stems which look like

Native fern to Eastern North America. Naturally occurs in both dry and moist wooded slopes, moist banks and ravines. Typically grows in a fountain-like and neat clump to 2' tall and wide and features...

Golden Alexanders is a wonderful and early flowering perennial. Native wildflower from Eastern Canada to southern United States, occurs in moist, open woods, meadows, and prairies. It's hardy in...

'Concord Grape,' of the virginiana group, offers compact clumps of grassy, gray-green leaves (about 12" tall) that contrast nicely with the large (over 1"), dark purple-pink flowers. 

Quite robust perennial with typical leaf cups, native to Central-eastern Canada to southeastern United States.See the USDA distribution map.