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 '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)
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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)
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Hosta 'Monkey Business'
Item #: 18285
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hosta 'Mouse Trap'
Item #: 9536
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)
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Hosta 'My Fair Lady' PP 35,524
Item #: 18264
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 17" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
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Hosta 'Pocketful of Sunshine' PP 23,709
Item #: 2865
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 9" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
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Hosta 'Praying Hands'
Item #: 4605
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $0.00Regular priceUnit price perSale price $0.00This plant is available for JLBG Members only.
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Hosta 'Rainbow's End'
Item #: 6035
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Hosta 'Sound of Music' PP 35,563
Item #: 18451
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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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)
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Hosta 'Vanilla Bean'
Item #: 10527
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price perSale price $32.00 -
Hosta 'Voices in the Wind' PP 33,265
Item #: 16835
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $0.00Regular priceUnit price perSale price $0.00This plant is available for JLBG Members only.
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Hosta 'When I Dream' PP 34,285
Item #: 17269
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 28" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hosta 'Wu-La-La' PP 31,309
Item #: 14305
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
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Hosta 'You're So Vein'
Item #: 9535
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Hypericum myrtifolium 'Georgia Girl'
Item #: 10641
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy:
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Asia, United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Impatiens omeiana 'Eco Mount Emei'
Item #: 1556
Zones: 6a to 8a
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Ligularia japonica 'Chinese Dragon'
Item #: 9018
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Liriope minor 'Gotemba Gold'
Item #: 18293
Zones: 6a to 10a
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Lobelia cardinalis
Item #: 22
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price perSale price $21.00
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.
























