Wet Soil- Recommended Plants and Ground Cover
Q: We have a water detention facility running through our backyard. A lot of our yard is unusable due to soggy soil. Can you suggest a ground cover that we could use to soak up water enough to walk and run there?
A: There are several plants that tolerate soggy spots. They don’t exactly “soak up” water from wet soil. To do that you’d need more leaf surface than plants can provide.
One solution would be to add enough soil to the area to make a “living/playing space” having a bog beside it. Use plants from the list to beautify the wet area.
PLANTS FOR WET SOIL
SHRUBS
Bottlebrush buckeye Aesculus parviflora
Florida anise Illicium floridanum
Florida leucothoe Agarista populiflolia
Inkberry Ilex glabra
Sweet pepperbush Clethra alnifolia
Sweetshrub Calycanthus floridus
Virginia sweetspire Itea virginica
Wax myrtle Myrica cerifera
Winterberry Ilex verticillata
PERENNIALS, BULBS
Bee balm Monarda didyma
Blue flag iris Iris brevicaulis
Canna Canna spp.
Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis
Japanese iris Iris ensata
Joe-Pye weed Eupatorium purpureum
Lady fern Athyrium filix-femina
River oats Chasmanthium latifolium
Royal fern Osmunda regalis
Siberian iris Iris siberica
Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana
Swamp sunflower Helianthus angustifolium
Sweet flag Acorus gramineus
Yellow flag Iris pseudacorus
see also
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History of TifBlair Certified Centipede Grass
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Virginia Buttonweed – Control
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Southern Pine Beetle
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Mosquito Control – Health Effects from City Foggers
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Eggs – How They Are Made
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Clematis – Best Ones for Georgia
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Pumpkin – Growing Giants
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Creeping Jenny- Can I Kill The Oxalis In It?
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Oak – Gouty Gall
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A Banana Enthusiast’s Notes on Banana Feeding
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