Posted on October 20th, 2008 by admin

What kind of shrub,bush, or flowers can you plant in a wet muddy soil and bright sun? Preferably flowering?

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Cynful63 asked:


We are putting flower beds in front of the house and there is one area (4ft.) wide that stays muddy-wet all the time. We would like to have a pretty flowering bush, shrub, or plant/flowers to put there. What grows good in wet, very wet soil? It is also full sun most of the day and very hot!

6 Responses to “What kind of shrub,bush, or flowers can you plant in a wet muddy soil and bright sun? Preferably flowering?”

Plant Lady on October 22nd, 2008 3:52 am:

Hardy hibiscus

earthbound on October 24th, 2008 12:40 pm:

any willows would do well in fact they would take over maybe try a smaller variety

abacaxitoo on October 26th, 2008 6:11 am:

Where do you live? That is important for recommending plants.

fishineasy on October 29th, 2008 3:52 pm:

I would go with hibiscus. They are so hearty and beautiful!

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Cristina V on October 30th, 2008 10:43 pm:

These are called marginal bog plants because they grow naturally in wet soil at the edge of lakes and usually in full sun.

HARDY BOG PLANTS
Arrowhead
Cattails
Floating-Heart
Iris
Flowering Rush
Pickerel Rush
Horsetail Rush
White Rush
Lizard’s Tail
Parrot’s-Feather
Yellow Snowflake
Sweet Flag
Thalia
Arrow Arum
Water Hawthorne
Water Pennywort

Dragon on November 1st, 2008 7:05 pm:

Canna lillies will love it and flower well. Or you could pick coloured leaf varieties like ‘Australia” and get burgundy leaves and flowers. Even in frost areas you can prune down and they reshoot in spring.

Don’t touch a willow near your house unless you want lots of problems from roots.