Does your yard have a low spot that happens to be in shade? Perfect! You have a great opportunity to grow some wonderful Moist shade plants that you might not otherwise be able to grow.
Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
Item #: 369
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Actaea pachypoda 'Monroe'
Item #: 10549
Zones: 5a to 9b, guessing
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Canada, United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Adiantum capillus-veneris 'Bermuda Run'
Item #: 9016
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Bermuda
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Adiantum hispidulum 'Mt. Haleakala'
Item #: 5934
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Adiantum pedatum
Item #: 320
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Adiantum venustum
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Item #: 3658
Zones: 4b to 8a
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Alocasia cucullata
Item #: 4795
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Burma/Myanmar, India
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Anemonella thalictroides 'Betty Blake'
Item #: 8118
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Anemonella thalictroides 'Double White'
Item #: 5619
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Anemonella thalictroides 'Shiozaki'
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Item #: 12045
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Arisaema sazensoo
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Item #: 2269
Zones: 6b to 9b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum asaroides
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Item #: 1853
Zones: 5b to 9b, at least
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum porphyronotum 'Irish Spring'
Item #: 12966
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Astilbe chinensis 'Amber Moon' PPAF
Item #: 5442
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae'
Item #: 2362
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Europe, United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Athyrium filix-femina 'Red Neck Girl'
Item #: 9418
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Beesia calthifolia
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Next crop available: 04/15/2018
Item #: 8404
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Brunnera macrophylla 'Alexander's Great' PP 25,789
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Item #: 6251
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' PP 13,859
Item #: 3367
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cardiocrinum giganteum
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Next crop available: 06/04/2018
Item #: 9310
Zones: 6a to 8b
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Himalayan Mountains
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Carex appalachica
Item #: 5793
Zones: 4a to 7b, at least
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Carex divulsa
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Item #: 8932
Zones: 4a to 10b
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'
Item #: 8383
Zones: 4b to 8b, at least
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Carex morrowii 'Silk Tassel'
Item #: 1197
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Carex oshimensis 'Everest' PP 20,955
Item #: 9271
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Item #: 1199
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Carex oshimensis 'Everillo' PP 21,002
Item #: 9802
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Carex oshimensis 'Everlime' PPAF
Item #: 10748
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Carex oshimensis 'Eversheen' PP 25,938
Item #: 10749
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cimicifuga rubifolia
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Item #: 8148
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Convallaria majalis 'Albostriata'
Item #: 8913
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 9" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Crinum 'Parfait'
Item #: 8027
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Croomia pauciflora 'Portersville'
Item #: 3932
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Curcuma longa 'Snowdrift'
Item #: 2296
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Tropical Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Curcuma zedoaria 'Pink Wonder'
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Item #: 5679
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 84" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: India
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cypripedium 'Bernd'
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Item #: 4906
Zones: 5b to 7b, guessing
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cypripedium henryi
Item #: 12669
Zones: 6a to 7b, guessing
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cypripedium 'Robin Lee'
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Item #: 12671
Zones: 5a to 7b
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Dentaria 'Green Snowflake'
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Item #: 11407
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 5" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Disporum longistylum 'Shina no tsuki'
Item #: 7628
Zones: 6a to 9b
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Dryopteris indusiata
Item #: 5993
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Dryopteris pycnopteroides
Item #: 3651
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Epimedium 'Pink Parasol'
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Item #: 8485
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 22" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Farfugium japonicum 'Aureomaculatum'
Item #: 850
Zones: 6b to 10b
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Fatsia japonica 'Murakumo Nishiki'
Item #: 4883
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 84" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web'
Item #: 5141
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Fatsia japonica 'Variegata'
Item #: 5618
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 84" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Gentiana andrewsii 'Milk Bottles'
Item #: 9979
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Gentiana catesbaei
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Item #: 1411
Zones: 6b to 8b, at least
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Gentiana saponaria 'Rockford'
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Item #: 11696
Zones: 6b to 8b, at least
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Hosta 'Afterglow' PP 26,755
Item #: 11920
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Hosta 'Angel Falls' PPAF
Item #: 11923
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Hosta 'Autumn Frost' PP 23,224
Item #: 9145
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Hosta 'Big Mama'
Item #: 119
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 40" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Hosta 'Blue Ivory' PP 19,623
Item #: 8483
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'
Item #: 4677
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Hosta 'Branching Out'
Item #: 9541
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Hosta 'Brother Stefan'
Item #: 5351
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 22" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Hosta 'Cathedral Windows' PP 17,295
Item #: 6600
Zones: 3a to 9b
Height: 21" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Hosta 'Church Mouse'
Item #: 4516
Zones: 3a to 8b
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
More Information About Wet Shade Plants
What do you do with a shady moist spot in your yard? Don't drain it! Plant it with great plants for wet soil like Acorus, Lobelia and more.
Does your yard have a low spot that happens to be in shade? Perfect! You have a great opportunity to grow some wonderful plants for wet soil that you might not otherwise be able to grow. Certain plants just love to have constant access to moist soil. We have sifted through our enormous on-line perennial catalog to create this mini-catalog of shade loving plants for wet soil, just for you.
There is a difference between a moist shade plant and a bog plant. The former prefers moist soil that is not completely water-logged, while the latter can live with its feet continually in wet mud. Wet soils usually show up in a yard that contains heavy clay soils that drain slowly, and an undulating surface with no obvious drainage path into a creek. When it rains, water accumulates in these low spots and they can take days or weeks to dry out. These moist shady spots are common in forests, clay flatlands and near ponds, and so there are a large number of plants for wet soil that have evolved to fill this niche.
Some of our favorite shade tolerant flowers happen to be wet shade plants.
The best wet shade plants are
- Acorus
- Ophiopogon
- Liriope
- Eleocharis
- Chasmanthium
- Carex
- Lobelia
- Lychnis
- Gentiana
- Anemone
- Myosotis
- Angelica
- Arisaema
- Astilbe
- Aruncus
- Chrysogonum
- Coreopsis
- Epimedium
- Crinum
- Zantedeschia
- Hymenocallis
- Elephant Ears (Colocasia, Alocasia, Remusatia)
- Ligularia
- Farfugium
- Beesia
- Asarum
- Aralia
- Illicium
- Chloranthus
- Lysimachia
- Mukdenia
- Hosta
- Many ferns are great wet shade plants such as Arachniodes, Adiantum, Asplenium, Athyrium, Blechnum, Coniogramme, Cyrtomium, Dryopteris, Matteuccia, Onoclea and Osmunda
These are just a few of the wonderful wet shade plants available for your garden. So what are you waiting for? Slog out into your wet garden bed and start planting! When you are ready to buy wet shade plants for your garden, check out our online list of wet shade plants for sale.
See all shade tolerant plants or just the dry shade plants.
Check out our article entitled 'Gardening in the Shade' that describes many cool shade plants and flowers.
