There are many plants available today that enjoy getting their feet wet. Join Alison Caldwell, horticultural buyer at Hicks Nurseries as she walks you through the best plants for wet locations including rain gardens, ponds, tubs and bogs. Click here to watch “Plants for Water Gardening” video of her seminar on Sunday, March 12th, 2017.
| Moisture Tolerant Plants | Tropical | ||||||||
| Latin Name | Common Name | Sun/Shade | Hardy | Zones | |||||
| Acorus | Sweet Flag | Part | H | 5-9 | |||||
| Alocasia | Elephant Ear | Part | T | 9-11 | |||||
| Asclepias | Swamp Milkweed | Sun | H | 3-8 | |||||
| Canna | Canna Lily | Sun | T | 7-10 | |||||
| Carex | Sedge | Part | H | 5-9 | |||||
| Chelone | Turtlehead | Part | H | 5-8 | |||||
| Colocasia | Elephant Ear | Sun/Part | T | 8-11 | |||||
| Cyperus | Papyrus | Sun | T | 8-10 | |||||
| Eichornia crassipes | Water Hyacinth | Sun | T | 8-10 | |||||
| Ensete | Red Abyssinian Banana | Sun | T | 8-10 | |||||
| Equisetum | Horstail Rush | Sun/Part | H | 4-9 | |||||
| Hibiscus | Hardy Hibiscus | Sun | H | 4-8 | |||||
| Iris Ensata | Japanese Iris | Sun/Part | H | 5-9 | |||||
| Iris Versicolor | Blue Flag Iris | Sun/Part | H | 4-9 | |||||
| Juncus | Rush | Sun/Part | H | 5-9 | |||||
| Liatris | Spiked Gayfeather | Sun | H | 5-9 | |||||
| Ligularia | Golden Groundsel | Part | H | 5-10 | |||||
| Lobelia | Cardinal Flower | Sun/Part | H | 5-9 | |||||
| Musa Basjoo | Hardy Banana | Sun/Part | H | 5-10 | |||||
| Pistia stratiodes | Water Lettuce | Sun/Part | T | 9-10 | |||||
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerel | Sun | H | 3-10 | |||||
| Nymphaea | Hardy Water Lily | Sun | H | 4-9 | |||||
| Sarracenia | Pitcher plants | Sun | H | 6-8 | |||||