A few favorite plants that like to have their "feet wet" and that don't seem to take over the garden quite as much as many of the wetland plants. This group does best with a topsoil and peat mixture.
Cardinal flower |
Lobelia cardinalis |
good hummingbird plant |
Marsh pink |
Sabatia species |
beautiful pink flowers |
Seashore mallow |
Kosteletskya virginica |
good hummingbird and butterfl |
Blue flagiris |
Irisvirginica |
good hummingbird and butterfly plant |
Blue lobelia |
Lobelia species |
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Joe Pye weed |
Eupatorium fistulosum |
great butterfly plant |
Buttonbush |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
great butterfly shrub |
Elderberry |
Sambucus canadensis |
great bird plant (will spread) |
Swamp milkweed |
Asclepias incarnata |
monarch host plant and nectar source |
Common milkweed |
Asclepias syriaca |
monarch host plant and nectar source |
Bee balm |
Monarda didyma |
great hummingbird plant (will spread) |
Jewelweed |
Impatiens capensis |
great hummingbird plant (will spread) |
Jack-in-the-pulpit |
Arisaema triphyllum |
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Spicebush |
Lindera benzoin |
host plant for spicebush swallowtail |
Pawpaw |
Asimina triloba |
host plant for zebra swallowtails plus fruit for wildlife |
Carnivorous plants
This group does best with a sand (30%) and peat (70%) mixture.
Yellow pitcher plant |
Sarracenia flava |
Purple pitcher plant |
Sarracenia purpurea |
Venus Flytrap |
Dionaea muscipula |
Sundew |
Drosera species |
Butterwort |
Pinguicula species |
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