Cayuga Landscape Co., Inc.
2712 North Triphammer Road bullet Phone (607) 257-3000

Plants That Tolerate Moist or Wet Soil


Plants with an asterisk (*) can be used in boggy soils (wet soil, not standing water). Plants without an asterisk can be used for waterside plantings (moist, not wet soil).


  Trees
*Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)
Alnus glutinosa (Common Alder)
*Amelanchier (Serivceberry)
*Betula nigra (River Birch)
Carpinus betulus (European Hornbeam)
Celtis occidentalis (Common Hackberry)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Ash)
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis
Gymnocladus dioica (Kentucky Coffee)
Larix kaempferi
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet Gum)
*Metasequoia (Dawn Redwood)
Nyssa sylvatica (Black Gum)
Photinia villosa
Platanus acerifolia (London Plane Tree)
*Populus (Poplar)
Quercus bicolor
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak)
*Salix (Willow)
*Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)

Ornamental Grasses
*Acorus calamus 'Variegatus'
Arundo donax (Giant Reed)
Calamagrostis x acutifolia 'Karl Foerster'
*Carex x 'The Beatles' (Sedge Grass)
*Cortaderia (Pampas Grass)
Deschampsia caespitosa 'Goldgenaenge'
*Erianthus ravennue (Plume Grass)
*Glyceria maxima 'Variegata'
Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron'
*Miscanthus sinensis (Maiden Grass)
*Panicum viratum (Switch Grass)
Pennisetum alopecuroides (Fountain)
*Phalaris arundinacea 'Picta' (Ribbon)

Ferns, Perennials, & Groundcovers
*Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegata' (Bishops Weed)
Adiantum pedatum
*Ajuga reptans (Bugle Weed)
*Astilbe
Athyrium filix-femina
Athyrium thelpteroides
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Plumbago)
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)
Dryopteris spinulosa
Euonymus fortunei 'Colorata'(Purpleleaf Wintercreeper)
*Hemerocallis (Daylily)
*Hibiscus moscheutos (Rose Mallow)
*Hosta
*Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'
*Iris ensata (Japanese Iris)
Iris pallida
*Iris pseudacorus (Water Flag)
*Ligularia stenocephala 'The Rocket'
Liriope (Lily Turf)
Lonicera pileata
*Lysimachia clethroides
Lythrum virgatum
Matteucia pensylvanica
Monarda didyma (Beebalm)
Osmunda cinnamomea
*Physostegia virginiana 'Rosea' (Obedient Plant)
Polygonum reynoutria
Vinca minor (Myrtle, Perrywinkle)

Shrubs
Andromeda polifolia
Aronia arbutifolia (Red Chokeberry)
Calycanthus floridus
*Chionathus virginicus
Chaenomeles (Quince)
Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet)
*Cornus alba
*Cornus racemosa (Grey Dogwood)
*Cornus sericea (Yellowtwig Dogwood)
*Cornus stolonifera
Deutzia gracillis
*Forsythia
Hamamelis (Witchhazel)
Ilex glabra (Inkberry)
*Ilex verticillata (Winterberry)
*Itea virginica (Virginia Sweetspire)
Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel)
Leucothoe
Ligustrum (Privot)
Lindera benzoin
Magnolia virginiana
Myrica pensylvanica (Bayberry)
Rhododendron maximum
*Salix purpurea
*Salix x cottetii 'Bankers'
*Salix purpurea 'Streamco'
Salix p. 'Pendula'
Salix sachalinensis 'Sekka'
Symphoricarpos x chenaulti 'Hancock'
Thuja occidentalis (Arborvitae)
Vaccinum Lo-Hugger (Lo-Hugger Grape)
Viburnum dentatum (Arrow Wood Virburnum)
Viburnum lentago
Viburnum opulus (Cranberrybush)
Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw Viburnum)
Viburnum sargentii
Viburnum trilobum (American Cranberrybush)

Perrenial Plants for Water Gardens
Marginal Plants that can be planted in shallow water from 0-6" deep)

0-6" Acorus calamus 'Variegatus'
0-2" Calamagrostis acutifolia
0-6" Glyceria maxima 'Variegata'
0-6" Hibiscus moscheutos
0-6" Iris pseudacorus
0-4" Miscanthus sinensis
0-2" Osmunda cinnamomea
0-2" Pennisetum alopecuriodes