Wet shade plants can fill an essential role in your garden or yard by adding color and texture to a low lying, shady area that may not be the best site for other, more sun-loving perennials. We always have a variety of flowers and plants available that thrive in wet soil and shade.
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Hosta 'Golden Needles'
Item #: 9451
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Halcyon'
Item #: 1025
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Hans'
Item #: 9409
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 21" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Hope Springs Eternal' PP 33,266
Item #: 17171
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 22" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'June'
Item #: 1672
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Komodo Dragon'
Item #: 2551
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Liberty'
Item #: 4736
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Hosta 'Love Story' PP 34,224
Item #: 17267
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hosta 'Menorah'
Item #: 12830
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Mini Skirt' PP 26,743
Item #: 6343
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 7" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Miss America' PP 32,068
Item #: 16522
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 19" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Paradigm'
Item #: 3012
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Party Streamers' PP 33,277
Item #: 16999
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Quarter Back'
Item #: 11400
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 1" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Rainbow's End' PP 17,251
Item #: 6035
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta rectifolia 'Mito-no-hana'
Item #: 10465
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $100.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Rippling Brook'
Item #: 15969
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Seasons in the Sun' PP 34,284
Item #: 17273
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 28" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Silly String' PP 32,127
Item #: 17103
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Simply Divine'
Item #: 13313
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Stained Glass'
Item #: 4232
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Sum and Substance'
Item #: 1102
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Summer Snowstorm'
Item #: 13314
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Sun Mouse' PP 30,033
Item #: 6890
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per
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 shade 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.
Best Shade Plants for Wet Soil
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Acorus (Sweet Flag, Calamus)
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Ophiopogon (Mondo Grass)
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Liriope (Monkey Grass, Lilyturf)
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Chasmanthium (Norther Sea Oats)
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Carex (Sedge)
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Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)
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Lychnis (Campion)
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Gentiana (Gentian)
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Anemone (Windflower)
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Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not)
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Angelica (Chinese Angelica)
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Arisaema (Jack in the Pulpit, Cobra Lily)
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Astilbe (False Spiraea)
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Arum (Lords and Ladies, Arum Lily)
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Chrysogonum (Green and Gold)
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Coreopsis (Tickseed)
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Epimedium (Fairy Wings)
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Crinum (Crinum Lily)
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Zantedeschia (Calla Lily)
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Hymenocallis (Spider Lily)
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Elephant Ears (Colocasia, Alocasia, Remusatia)
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Ligularia (Japanese Ligularia)
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Farfugium (Leopard Plant)
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Beesia (False Bugbane)
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Asarum (Wild Ginger Plant)
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Aralia (Spikenard)
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Illicium (Anise Shrub)
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Lysimachia (Loosestrife, Gooseneck, Moneywort)
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Mukdenia (Hand Fan)
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Hosta (Plantain Lily)
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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.