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
- The tag is a drainage band in the catalog, not a watering calendar.
- Open a profile for winter wet and sun.
- Well-drained and poorly drained lists are separate.
Plants for Plants for moist, well-drained soil (6784)
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Broomsedge
Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
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Black Mangrove
Full Sun10–40 ft (310–1220 cm)
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Powderpuff
Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
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Red Mangrove
Full Sun20–50 ft (610–1520 cm)
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Selfheal
Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
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Blue Wild Rye
Full Sun1–5 ft (30–150 cm)
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Meadow Barley
Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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Elf Mountain Laurel
Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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Small Cape Rush
Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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Indian Grass 'Sioux Blue'
Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
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Indian Grass
Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
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Carolina Bushpea
Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
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Mouse Plant
Partial Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
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Corpse Flower
Partial Sun
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Texas Mountain Laurel
Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
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Pigeonberry
Partial Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
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Golden Chain Tree
Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
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Cascara
Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
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Carolina Buckthorn
Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
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Burmese Fishtail Palm
Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
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Pipevine
Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
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Bush Allamanda
Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
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Cherry Allamanda
Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
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Bottle Gourd
Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
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Daphne 'Carol Mackie'
Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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Rose Daphne
Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
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Daphne × transatlantica 'Blafra'
Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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Winter Daphne 'Aureomarginata'
Partial Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
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Yesterday
Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
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Golden Coltsfoot
Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
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Watermelon
Full Sun4–8 in (10–20 cm)
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Billy Buttons 'Golf Beauty'
Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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Thanksgiving Cactus
Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
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Easter Cactus
Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
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Bush Clock Vine
Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
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Hard Fern
Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
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Carrot
Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
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Two-Wing Silverbell
Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
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Purpletop
Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
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Rose You're Beautiful
Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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Rose 'Canary Bird'
Full Sun5–12 ft (150–370 cm)
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Rose Tess of The d'Urbervilles
Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
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Rose Sophy's Rose
Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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Rose Scepter'd Isle
Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
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Rose California Dreamin'™
Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
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Rose Bishop's Castle
Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
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Rose Anna's Promise
Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
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Nyman's Hybrid Eucryphia 'Nymansay'
Full Sun20–50 ft (610–1520 cm)
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Golden Zizia
Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
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Heart-leaved Meadow Parsnip
Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
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Ginger
Partial Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
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Honeycup
Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
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Japanese Zelkova
Full Sun50–80 ft (1520–2440 cm)
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Corn
Full Sun4–10 ft (120–310 cm)
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Shiny Xylosma
Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
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Common Beargrass
Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
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Yellowroot
Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
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Virginia Chainfern
Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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California Compassplant
Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
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European Chain Fern
Partial Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
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