Drainage

Plants for moist, well-drained soil

This list is plants tagged moist but well-drained — damp, not waterlogged. It is not a bog list and not a rain-garden method page.

Two plants can share this tag and still want different sun. Open a profile before you pick a wet pocket.

What this tag means on a plant

1. The tag is a drainage band in the catalog, not a watering calendar.
2. Open a profile for winter wet and sun.
3. Well-drained and poorly drained lists are separate.

Plants for Plants for moist, well-drained soil (6784)

• Welsh Poppy Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Whirling Butterflies Gaura Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Gaura Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Tamarisk Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Black Locust Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Hazel Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Senegal Date Palm Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Damson Full Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Mountain Laurel Partial Sun5–15 ft (150–460 cm)
• Rugosa Rose Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Yellow Coneflower Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Rose 'Hansa' Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Dog Rose Full Sun3–15 ft (90–460 cm)
• Red Bottlebrush Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Gardener's Garters Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Gardener's Garters 'Feesey' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Sassafras Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• California Rose Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Eastern Hemlock Full Sun40–70 ft (1220–2130 cm)
• Swamp Rose Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Greenlee Moor Grass Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Autumn Moor Grass Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Cherokee Rose Full Sun6–20 ft (180–610 cm)
• Common Hackberry Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Climbing Prairie Rose Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Mule's Fat Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Japanese Blood Grass Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Multiflora Rose Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Sheep Laurel Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Dwarf Scouring Rush Full Sun6–10 in (15–25 cm)
• Florida Swampprivet Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• California Laurel Full Sun20–80 ft (610–2440 cm)
• Red Alder Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Verdigris Brass Buttons Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Cushion Moss Partial Sun2–6 in (5–15 cm)
• Sensitive Plant Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Sweet Briar Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Sea Buckthorn Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Frogfruit Full Sun1–3 in (3–8 cm)
• Straggler Daisy Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Roundleaf Ragwort Full Sun2 ft (60 cm)
• Southern Shield Fern Partial Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Cowitch Vine Partial Sun12–35 ft (370–1070 cm)
• Blue Lyme Grass Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Crimson Bottlebrush 'Mauve Mist' Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Crimson Bottlebrush 'Perth Pink' Full Sun5 ft (150 cm)
• Painted Bamboo Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Indigo Bush Full Sun4–12 ft (120–370 cm)
• Silver Buffaloberry Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Woods' Rose Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Sweet Fern Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Virginia Sweetspire Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Wax Myrtle Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Kentucky Bluegrass Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Prickly Rose Full Sun3–7 ft (90–210 cm)
• Nootka Rose Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Northern Bush Honeysuckle Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Coastal Sand Verbena Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Alkali Sacaton Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Purple Lovegrass Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)