20+ Flowering Shrubs That Like Wet Soil

A truly stunning unique plant for the shade garden jack in the pulpit can reproduce and spread over time in moist soils. Trees that can handle prolonged submersion.

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Flowering shrubs that like wet soil

Florida anise illicium floridanum in late spring and early summer this native american shrub produces fragrant star shaped flowers. 8 tall x 8 wide. The best shrubs to plant in a wet area evergreen shrubs.

Dark burgundy leaves complement the white flowers with red eye which appear from midsummer through early fall. Berry heavy winterberry holly ilex verticillata spravy. Plants grow 30 to 36 inches tall and 54 to 60 inches wide.

Perennials that can handle prolonged submersion. Hardy in zones 4 9. Tatarian dogwood also known as red twig dogwood is ideal for use in a rain garden as it prefers consistently moist soil.

I like to use it in my winter container designs. To encourage new growth prune about a quarter of the old stems in the early spring each year. Sweet pepperbush does its best in dappled light but can take full sun or full shade.

This shrub can reach 8 to 10 feet in both height and spread and it s valued for its red bark. The tiny white flowers bloom in the summer growing in clusters at the tips of the twigs. Redtwig dogwood cornus stolonifera this is a great shrub because of its bright red stems.

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