Drainage

Plants for poorly drained soil

This list is plants tagged for poorly drained soil — they tolerate wet feet better than most. That is still not a sealed clay cup or a pond-construction guide.

Browse members here. Winter wet, depth, and sun live on the profile.

What this tag means on a plant

1. Poorly drained is a catalog drainage tag, not a soil-fix how-to.
2. Open a profile — a wet-meadow perennial and a true aquatic are different jobs.
3. Well-drained plants are not on this list.

Plants for Plants for poorly drained soil (208)

• White Mangrove Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• Bulltongue Arrowhead Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
• Woolgrass Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Saltmarsh Cordgrass Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• American Water-Willow Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Needle Spikerush Full Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Asian Skunk Cabbage Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Wild Calla Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Red Stemmed Alligator-Flag Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Santa Cruz Water Lily Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Amazon Water Lily Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• American Eelgrass Full Sun
• Powdery Alligator-Flag Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Nodding Ladies'-tresses Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Saltmeadow Cordgrass Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• American Bur-Reed Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Softstem Bulrush Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Lizard's Tail Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Lizard's Tail Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Floating Fern Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Giant Arrowhead Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• American Arrowhead Full Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
• Grassy Arrowhead Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• White Water Crowfoot Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Curled Pondweed Full Sun2–4 in (5–10 cm)
• Rose Pogonia Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Orange Fringed Orchid Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• White Fringed Orchid Full Sun0–4 ft (0–120 cm)
• Tuckahoe Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Golden Club Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Yellow Floating Heart Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Water Snowflake Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Entire Marshwort Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Crested Floating Heart Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Banana Plant Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Common Spatterdock Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Water Mimosa Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Sacred Lotus Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• American Lotus Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Parrot Feather Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Buckbean Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Nardoo Full Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Mosaic Flower Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Marsh Seedbox Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Carolina Redroot Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Whorled Marsh Pennywort Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Manyflower Marsh-Pennywort Full Sun4–8 in (10–20 cm)
• Water Poppy Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Common Mare's Tail Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Swamp Pink Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Giant Rhubarb Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Variegated Manna Grass Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Foxnut Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Tall Cottongrass Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Horsetail Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Water Horsetail Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Canadian Waterweed Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Creeping Burhead Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Umbrella Plant Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Water Buttons Full Sun6–10 in (15–25 cm)