Shrubs for Damp Soil

Special note about coastal plants and plants for wet/damp areas in gardens:

Only regionally native plants should be used along beaches, coastal and savannah restoration areas. For gardens with wet/damp areas, non-native plants that are not invasive are suitable. However, if the wet/damp area in question is along a stream, river, creek or lake then only regionally native plants should be used.


American elderberry    Sambucus canadensis    Full sun – half sun
American arborvitae    Thuja occidentalis    Full sun – half sun
Bottlebrush buckeye    Aesculus parviflora    Full sun – half sun
Buttonbush    Cephalanthus occidentalis    Full sun – half sun
Dusty zenobia    Zenobia pulverulenta    Half sun

Dwarf palmetto    Sabal minor Full sun – half sun
Florida anise    Illicium floridanum    Half sun – shade
Florida Leucothoe    Agarista populiflolia    Half sun – shade
Inkberry    Ilex glabra    Full sun – half sun
Leucothoe    Leucothoe axillaris    Half sun – shade

Possumhaw Viburnum    Viburnum nudum    Full sun – half sun
Red chokeberry    Aronia arbutifolia    Full sun – half sun
Redtwig dogwood    Cornus stolonifera    Full sun – half sun
Spicebush    Lindera benzoin    Full sun – half sun
Sweet pepperbush    Clethra alnifolia    Full sun - half sun

Sweetshrub, common    Calycanthus floridus    Full sun – half sun
Turk’s-cap    Malvaviscus arboreus    Half sun – shade
Virginia sweetspire    Itea virginica    Full sun – half sun
Wax myrtle    Morella cerifera    Full sun – half sun
Winterberry    Ilex verticillata    Full sun – half sun