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.
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Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
Item #: 369
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Adiantum aleuticum 'Imbricatum'
Item #: 9827
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Adiantum hispidulum 'Mt. Haleakala'
Next crop available: 07/01/2020
Item #: 5934
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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
Next crop available: 07/03/2020
Item #: 320
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
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
Item #: 3658
Zones: 4b to 8a
Dormancy: Evergreen
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
Dormancy: Winter
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
Dormancy: Winter, Summer, Fall
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
Dormancy: Winter, Summer, Fall
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Arisaema fargesii
Item #: 3126
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema sazensoo
Item #: 2269
Zones: 6b to 9b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum caudigerellum
Item #: 13452
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum porphyronotum var. atrovirens 'Irish Spring'
Item #: 12966
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristatum'
Item #: 2316
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Astilbe chinensis 'Amber Moon' PP 26,028
Next crop available: 07/31/2020
Item #: 5442
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Athyrium niponicum 'Silver Falls' PP 12,803
Item #: 3889
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Athyrium otophorum 'Okanum'
Item #: 3409
Zones: 6a to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Athyrium 'Silver Sentry'
Next crop available: 07/31/2020
Item #: 5208
Zones: 4a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 54" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Beesia calthifolia
Item #: 8404
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Blechnum nipponicum
Next crop available: 06/01/2023
Item #: 5629
Zones: 6a to 7b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Brunnera macrophylla 'Alexander's Great' PP 25,789
Item #: 6251
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
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
Next crop available: 07/17/2020
Item #: 3367
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack of Diamonds' PPAF
Item #: 15742
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Brunnera macrophylla 'Queen of Hearts' PPAF
Next crop available: 06/12/2020
Item #: 15741
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cardiocrinum giganteum
Item #: 9310
Zones: 6a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
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
Next crop available: 07/03/2020
Item #: 5793
Zones: 4a to 7b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Carex divulsa
Next crop available: 06/26/2020
Item #: 8932
Zones: 4a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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
Dormancy: Evergreen
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
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to 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
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Chloranthus japonicus
Item #: 6932
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cimicifuga racemosa
Item #: 8147
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cimicifuga rubifolia
Item #: 8148
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia affinis 'Jenningsii'
Next crop available: 11/17/2020
Item #: 3163
Zones: 8a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Himalayan Mountains
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Crinum 'Parfait'
Item #: 8027
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Curcuma longa 'Snowdrift'
Next crop available: 07/03/2020
Item #: 2296
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter, Spring
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'
Item #: 5679
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter, Spring
Height: 84" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: India
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cypripedium 'Bernd'
Item #: 4906
Zones: 5b to 7b, guessing
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cypripedium 'Bernd Pastel'
Item #: 14969
Zones: 5b to 7b, guessing
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cypripedium 'Eurasia' (Frosch®)
Item #: 14890
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Asia, China, Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cypripedium 'Henric' (Frosch®)
Item #: 14888
Zones: 4a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Asia, China, Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cypripedium 'Memoriam Shawna Austin'
Item #: 4919
Zones: 5a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Dentaria heterophylla 'White Sprite'
Next crop available: 06/26/2020
Item #: 11406
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Circe'
Item #: 12780
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Dark Beauty'
Item #: 6231
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Epimedium 'Pink Parasol'
Item #: 8485
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
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'
Next crop available: 07/24/2020
Item #: 850
Zones: 6b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Farfugium japonicum 'Kaimon Dake'
Next crop available: 06/12/2020
Item #: 7957
Zones: 7a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Farfugium japonicum 'Yaezaki'
Item #: 5245
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web'
Item #: 5141
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Gentiana andrewsii 'Milk Bottles'
Item #: 9979
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Gentiana catesbaei
Next crop available: 08/07/2020
Item #: 1411
Zones: 6b to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Hemiboea subcapitata
Item #: 7180
Zones: 6b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Hosta 'A Scape Plan'
Item #: 13306
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Hosta 'Afterglow' PP 26,755
Item #: 11920
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Hosta 'Age of Gold' PP 30,902
Item #: 13552
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Hosta 'Angel Falls' PP 28,785
Next crop available: 06/26/2020
Item #: 11923
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Hosta 'Apple Pie'
Item #: 12832
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Hosta 'Autumn Frost' PP 23,224
Item #: 9145
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Hosta 'Azure Gem'
Item #: 13303
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 7" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 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.